Under

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Allison Grayhurst

Under

The wave that corroded my

belly came and went for days without

reprise, and then nothing

until summer. I felt the sharp daunting ache of dreams

unrealized and my forehead thick with

a strange desperation, one that comes like

a thin foam over the eyes to dull

the colours of everything clean and beautiful.

I felt the ache in my spine as though a roach

had attached itself there, slowly maneuvering its way

to my brain cells. The green shutters were closed.

The past fell at my feet like a bag of hungry

worms. I held on but knew myself almost

lost in the furrows of this mangled belief.

I peeled the paint and held my breath inside

a dark intensity. I blamed the outside

then found my basket empty.

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First published in “Creek Side Writing Forum”, October 2015 under the title “A Day To Recover From”

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