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by Nancy Kay - May 12, 2020May 11, 2020

TUESDAY: I Forgot to Write a Poem Today

BY LEANNE BEATTIE

Copyright is held by the author.

I almost forgot to write a poem today
Wrapped up in corona news: more deaths reported
Expect more tomorrow
I am thick-waisted with carbs, my skin perfumed with rubbing alcohol
Absorbed
With the fullness of solitude
I pick up my pen
Peace blooms at my fingertips, each line
A prayer

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