I Am Free
drawn down in
consummation
from heaven’s compost
I shall not be.
hacked as though
I were a succulent berry
juiced for the taking
I shall not be.
caught vole by a
diving shrike’s
talons
I shall not be.
I shall be Houdini
wriggling free.
©June 18, 2012
Kathryn M. Collins
Copyright © Kathryn Collins | Year Posted 2012
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