In the Gully of Things

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

In the Gully of Things

In the throat of things,

monotony pulses in every

strand of seeped-through light,

where crumpled-up paper is all

to ease your fall.

In the orange belly of deliverance,

in the blue fantasies of school kids,

now is not a time to relish in,

is something to be transported from,

and your sandals are torn like

a piece of skin.

In the bedroom against the unwashed wall,

in the other rooms where spirits

pace the hardwood floors,

your eyes are dim with death,

and the answering machine is broken.

In the book you read,

in your tight, unclean jeans,

your faith has failed, and you ask

for it back, as the cars going by fill your mind

with a strange, distracting wonder.

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.First published in “Communicators League” March 2017

https://communicatorsleague.com/2017/03/29/three-poems-by-allison-grayhurst/

Published in “New Mystics” April 2017

http://newmystics.com/lit/AllisonGrayhurst.html

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