slowly it diminishes
withdrawing toward the wall and ground
each one taken without thinking
until before you know it
all that is left are the bark scraps
and a dark tarpaulin
flapping about in the wind
Published in Open Arts Forum on .
Michael Ashley is a poet who lives in Spain. Focusing on nothing in particular like all good men.
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