03-02-2017, 05:54 AM
Her Nixon-old, single-wide trailer
is an uncomfortable bra of a thing:
its fit pinches like a mean 6th grader.
Her belongings spill out onto the front porch,
bared to the elements. She's always adjusting
the flimsy screen door, the wiring was botched,
and the latch to the shower stall won't stay hooked.
She stretches around others, twists
and contorts herself to fit. Her clothing slips
off the over-burdened dresser
like too-loose straps. Knockers
at the door wonder how she breathes
in there with two growing kids,
the youngest still nursing.
She'll snap eventually.
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Original Thread here
is an uncomfortable bra of a thing:
its fit pinches like a mean 6th grader.
Her belongings spill out onto the front porch,
bared to the elements. She's always adjusting
the flimsy screen door, the wiring was botched,
and the latch to the shower stall won't stay hooked.
She stretches around others, twists
and contorts herself to fit. Her clothing slips
off the over-burdened dresser
like too-loose straps. Knockers
at the door wonder how she breathes
in there with two growing kids,
the youngest still nursing.
She'll snap eventually.
~~
Original Thread here
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson