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Gnarled

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Gnarled
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gnarled up, bones like logs

trapped in your words, frog’s ribbet

No air to finish—-

fact or fiction

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • ThatWriterWoman9 months ago

    Oh this has so many interpretations - excellent imagery!

  • C. Rommial Butler10 months ago

    Well-wrought! As a short piece this really kicks, especially the suddenness of the last line, as if one has run out of air!

  • Where far too many of us live.

  • That felt so suffocating. Loved your poem!

  • L.C. Schäfer10 months ago

    I feel a little claustra reading that, like I need to take a really deep breath

  • SAD! We have all been there.

  • I know the feeling Sis 💕🎈

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