Alcatraz
it wasn't
a prison
or even
a cage
she was
the bird
woman
that
flew
away
in so
many
ways
as a
crow
so
a chess
piece be
came one
and the
leaves of
branches
of a tree
bearing
nothing but
a nudity of
leaves be
came a
murder
perhaps
that's why
she's doing
time
Copyright © Jeff Connelly | Year Posted 2019
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