Maelstrom
In preference
instilling
the conditions
of terror
Fly like a hen
across the field and back
to the barn
Could there be another dream
worthy of oiling or is there just
inactivity everywhere causing
grid-lock, prolonging depression and time spent
under the rafters watching the game?
I am somewhere identical to where I was before,
yet labouring under its own Academy – learning
the tricks, discerning the only essential tea
adequate to brew.
There is the other side to this
and I will get there
without therapy or disintegration.
I will get there, intact, not a garment
soiled or torn.
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Copyright © 2024 by Allison Grayhurst
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Published in “Setu” April 2024
https://www.setumag.com/2024/03/Lit-Art-Culture-Journal.html
https://www.setumag.com/2024/03/poetry-allison-grayhurst.html
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Published in “Medusa’s Kitchen” March 2024
https://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/03/maelstrom.html
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Published in “Winamop” March 2024
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