I’ve been listening to Poem-a-Day and this is the result

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I have written a poem

things I do not want to do with my aching eyes

look at screens

think

guess what you’re thinking

I woke with these words in my head — don’t use pity as a placebo

profound? or just dream-jumble?

I only have big thoughts

when distracted or half-asleep

is it my soul at the door? no. it is my body

which is my mind

I could not think of so many words today — words gone missing, gone

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why do poems always need to be called by their form?

not always, but often enough to cause me to want to rebel and say no!

but I almost never say no.

I say I don’t know

I say let me think about that

I say sure or ok or why not

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no! no! no!

you are not said thing

you are not epistle or sonnet

you are you and you are at the door

 

xo, Carrie

PS If you want to listen to a Poem-a-Day, here’s how.

This is my heart
Someone is trying to tell you something

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