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Ree Sherwood: “The bubble blower”

August 19, 2019 by PBQ Leave a Comment

The bubble blower

A woman (city fixture) grows bubbles the size 
	         	       of a living room in a town square 
they pop a mile away // a man shuffles by on his Sunday walks
	           he watches the space of her tank top 
as she bends over a bucket of soap     he dreams of her
face floating close     he speaks in words
she’ll never know // 
	                   every face around her     
weightless     lifts off    
	          floats past café awnings and rooftops
the man winks a soapy eyelid before becoming 
		                	      nothing       everyone is happy // 
everyone is clapping // everyone loves 
		                  the cobblestones they stand on 
and the hands of the woman extending an orb 
		                                    	 the size of the city     
she licks her lips and clips the edge      the bulb lifts high 
/ bursts /

Filed Under: Issue 99, Poetry 99

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