STOPPED UP

Stopped Up

A shiny black pen

with a blade spewing black blood

interprets the sludge

dragging forth from me

Once this dark poet

flowed deep and true

Now the movement is forced

the action is desperate

What once was sharp

and amiable

is trapped

and barely seeping

damnable

May 31, 2014

Tressa Lee Breen

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