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Going Home MAG
June 15, 2021
Beyond the gateway,
a cow drains herself
to nourish her children &
today we are mixing
butter with bare hands.
Salt constantly nips
on my tongue
so wherever I’m at,
I know it’s not home.
The wind, strongest at
dawn, whips around me
to remedy its own &
crafts the butter before
it gets to my throat.
Tonight, I am constructing
a home: with its thick walls made of hands and its rooftop of
salty butter.
When the rooftop melts
and drips onto my tongue, the hands strengthen their grasp
until I realize
that my very own home
has tried to strangle me.
© Andrea M., Waynesboro, VA
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Crazywolfiegirl2 PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 25 2021 at 3:13 pm
This is really good, and well done for mag
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