Thursday, April 21, 2016

Teething

The rhythm of the days is
        suddenly
                accelerated.
Short snatches of sleep
and frantic driving fingers
into a gnawing mouth.
The relief, too, is fragmented
wails into a space of silence ruptured
an eggshell snapping
a treebud bursting
a tooth poised to puncture.T

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