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Emily Pérez: Directions

December 21, 2016 by PBQ

The toothy man shows me.
The toothy man knows. Fingers
my basket, my meats, my rolls,
my treats and sweet deliverables,
sniffs at my clothes, pulls
at hem of worsted wool
with cared-for nails, carefully
he lays out the way: a line in the loam
a stack of white stones
on featherbed moss, transcribes
a map of missteps, misthoughts.

Filed Under: Contributors 95, Issue 95, Poetry, Poetry 95 Tagged With: Contributors 95, Emily Pérez, Poetry, Poetry 95

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