Answer

For her to feel

our family are vandals

carving indifference into her heart

Not here

 

She doesn’t use these exact words

Where are they?

The answer is exacting

hissing in the air around and between us

burning into the walls and branding our skin

every inch

words smoking

notherenotherenotherenotherenotherenotherenothere


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4 responses to “Answer”

  1. I first read the last line as “no there”

    as in: not here, no. there

    I can pull many meanings from your few words. Excellent.

  2. I thoughtthe last line could be taken either way! Both are time/space references. Thank you!

  3. poeticgrin Avatar
    poeticgrin

    Really strong, especially knowing the circumstances behind the words. Even if I didn’t, this would still be strong.

    And bitterly sad.

  4. Zamantha Avatar
    Zamantha

    Just dropping by.Btw, your website have great content!

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