Tonight's Poet Corner: Swollen Bridge
Swollen Bridge
by Belinda Roddie
No amount of traffic warnings can
stop this particular jam,
inflammation reddening the roads
with armored husks of microbes
maneuvering their way into a tired face
to push the tops of cheeks outward
in a chipmunk half-chew. Hot water
flows from a coffee cup, and the
splotches on the tissue paper freeway grow
damper and deeper with a storm.
Tablets are needed to punch the system.
Bring back to full capacity. Now.
by Belinda Roddie
No amount of traffic warnings can
stop this particular jam,
inflammation reddening the roads
with armored husks of microbes
maneuvering their way into a tired face
to push the tops of cheeks outward
in a chipmunk half-chew. Hot water
flows from a coffee cup, and the
splotches on the tissue paper freeway grow
damper and deeper with a storm.
Tablets are needed to punch the system.
Bring back to full capacity. Now.
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