fragility

michael raven poems November 1, 2022 1 Minute

love
is
a
b r o k e n
many
s p l    i   nt e   r  e  d
thing

sharper than steel
apt to cut
as cautery

i sweep it into the dustpan
a tinman in
a tinsel-biting dream

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Published November 1, 2022

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Bridgette says:

November 6, 2022 at 5:56 pm

I really love this one, particularly the lines
“a tinman in
a tinsel-biting dream”

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1. michael raven says:
  
  November 6, 2022 at 6:59 pm
  
  Thank you. It is the part I was most pleased to have written for this piece.
  
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