Hiatus Screaming
canal then paradise
hiatus screaming
seed planted in steamy night
succotash
not my favorite food
is it food or suffering
we weren’t meant to take a break
to plow a mistake
to wait and wait and wait
for Eden
A-d-a-m climax
of nine whole months
tick tock
was there a clock?
the bomb
goes off
the seed itself
was not the error
the mistake was a created thing
thinking God was mistaken
ooh...ooh...he sees the light
it’s too late for time travel
the past is the past
present’s tense
a bottle, tit for tat
he’s drunk on hiatus
2/5/2021
Chantelle Cooke’s Hiatus
Copyright © Kim Rodrigues | Year Posted 2021
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