Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Holding Valentine

Poetry is the broken thing
Holding its breath
Between lines
 
A harsh dictum
Or a frivolous ditty
A long love song on one note
 
A proclamation on a wall
About some coming event
You’d like to attend but
 
You’d rather hear a fiddle or a drum
The beginning and the middle
Without end
 
Poetry is the unspoken thing
Holding its breath
Between lives

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