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Katie Morris: Being Visible

March 30, 2013 by PBQ

                      Curious
pitchers with large ears. Potatoes
with eyes poke through the grocery bag.
 
I tried to grow sideways,
          listen around corners,
 
searching out the hidden things
          we strained our lives through.
 
Magazines stashed high in the bathroom,
                      whiskey in the closet
 
          the girl who stood in front of my brother
sitting on his bed his hands creeping
                      inside her shirt the door slightly
          open as the rule stated.
 
A gel-filled membrane, a sleep mask numbed
                      in the refrigerator.
Waves of words breaking formation
                      during the fights overheard
 
as we sat atop the staircase, diffused
                      into panes of drywall.
 
          We sprouted into soft weeds
cross-stitched into the backyard, ineradicable.

Filed Under: Contributors 86, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 86 Tagged With: Contributors 86, Katie Morris, Poetry, Poetry 86

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