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Lauren Acampora: Tree Costume

May 16, 2011 by PBQ

Simpering along with you
swaddled in a tree costume

I know you are in there
as I am in my coat

Both of us warm and waterproof
with the elements at bay

You dressed as a tree
I like a coat
We feel wild together

Simpering wanting to hang from electrical wires
and make the train passengers blink
in their world without sex or coats

From our hanging spot
hot rusted scaffolding

the train car’s like a fist
and its world like a look-again world

where the snow fingers trees
that no one is wearing

Filed Under: Contributors 68, Issue 68, Poetry, Poetry 68 Tagged With: Contributors 68, Lauren Acampora, Poetry, Poetry 68

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