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In a Room With Somebodies
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Your chains fall loose, you lose
the weight of
being.
Proud, nervous, drenched in
mysterious dependency,
you hold
your cup of coffee, unable to make
conversation. Surgically removed
from the crowd, your smile
fades like a snapped tail,
travels into the pit
of your waters, into
the climate of your rolling, twisting
depths. Waves
that beckon your emotions to chime,
rush from belly
into hands and eyes, rush
into the choking
air. You,
restless from living too long
beyond
the skin, hold tight
your alien love, hold in
the cries of your forming compassion and long
for exit.
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Copyright © 1997 by Allison Grayhurst
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First published in “Snapping Twig” May 2015
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