A Jar of Vaseline --- the Jelly of Me
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These are two of my poems that were for class. The first was just a basic description of the jar of Vaseline, and the second was a figurative poem describing me as the jar.
A jar of Vaseline
A jar of Vaseline
With a blue lid
Yellow petroleum jelly inside
Words on front and back
In an opaque container
Stamped on the back in black
Opened and dipped into
Russell Sivey
The Jelly of Me
Jelly incorporates my inner self
Lips concealed with the petroleum
The lid covers my insecure section
Which pulses with a gel-like ease
Stamped to show the year I would die
If allowed to exist, I might not be as strong
Beyond
And seeing through me
Isn’t as easy as it once was
I carry secrets within my belly
Of jelly once lubricated on her lips
Russell Sivey
Copyright © Russell Sivey | Year Posted 2017
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