Short Intolerably Poems

PALPABLE

imagine
the silence of
a plane
crash
if you were
deaf
imagine how 
intolerably 
loud a
rape
PALPABLE

absorbing hearts
transcending death
absorbing fears
enduring pain
TANGIBLE

in the newness of
another day
unwoven from 
slumber
we glisten clean
start anew
FLAGRANT


we busy ourselves 
with menial 
chores and cause
 then stare at
books noveleyed
CONSPICUOUS



© Kim van Breda—...

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I have trodden many a creature under foot
A few, unbeknownst
The bug has an intolerably short life span
And shorter yet, under foot
Do I traipse out of spite or cruel wonder?
No, it is just my disregard and shortsightedness
For I have been trampled upon,
From creatures smaller than me
They stir upon me, feelings of a bug
A distant rumbling of thunder
As I count the seconds after seeing the flash
There is a heavy weight upon me
Imagine what is stirred in a bug...

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