It could have been stigmata
or just simple lack of sleep
but I found it in a dictionary--
or just simple lack of sleep
but I found it in a dictionary--
a different kind of justice,
watching me when I forgot to look.
Talks of vinyl siding and spare rooms
made my eyes throb and I couldn't live
in a world full of porches, so
I made a choice and my ears rang
from somewhere else;
chosen, I kneeled down
to shattered glass--
some guardian's answer to a question
I'd just decided not to ask.
Published by L. Carter
One of Associated Content's Top 1000 Content Producers in 2009 and 2010, LC writes for major print and online news media. She has published hundreds of articles, interviewed some of the most prominent fig... View profile
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