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My gut Rickety

An aching reverence on my shoulder holds my spine by the neck,


As i groan in secret, at length


My gut rickety, like a chalk with a gap at the end

Beckoning winter heat from the west


When I step outside, the door falls


i am unsure about the door

is it a door or a million moth?


the day holds nothing, after all.

only a translucent touch,

hints of yellow, or i forgot 


sprint so fast, halt

face-down on the strickets they lie

touch them with an arm


because they love them,

as do i,


and i really do

the ground of the desert,

the wailing peasant.



©2024 by Azra Keskin. 

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