Saturday, November 19, 2022

Snags in Language

Mostly talismanic—
Comfort stones, amulets,
Quotations against fear,

Apotropaic and/
Or consolatory,
Defiant rosaries,

Your fingers find the knots
And twitch them restlessly,
Rolling words, poetry.

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