Poem -

PRECARIOUS

author
Marion

there are shadows around
precarious on edges
removing the dirt
dangling legs over ledges
desperately seeking
the ghosts of lost pens
to rewrite the contracts
of breath's flimsy pledges

M P 6/3/21

 

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