Poetic Desires

My growling stomach
My tempetuaous breath
are drawn to
poems, poets, violent
incidents I wanted
to be published in a 
magazine I can no
longer recall the name of
and I did not cry or
laugh when my fifteenth
grandchild was born
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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Mckenzie Avatar
August 16, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Great write filled with thought provoking lines. good one! Laura :)
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