kiss her cheek once more.
for the glowing gumball to
still-beating heart—awaiting
wide eyes, calloused hands, and
parentheses. Of brackets. Only
rescue umbrella. No more of
shoulders—alone,
no more
rain fall {hard} on her loose
the sun kiss her cheek or the
now is ice cold and dull) of letting
[oh the fire it used to breathe
the caged Phoenix in her bosom
name, knowing this
would free
holding back in uttering his
and remembering at once. of not
and of morning strolls. of forgetting
go is hardwork—a series of daily pills
and brackets, she learned, letting
it into nothingness] In her parentheses
to be found [a cloud must’ve swallowed
each star, Her North, was nowhere
paint the calm night sky, tracing
unclose. the clatter of her thoughts
unparentheses. unbrackets.
yet mouthed Iloveyous.
and dried tears and suppressed
the unopened letters of sobs
the quiet lonesome world. opens
no less than a quake shattering
fogs her blurred eyes, the intensity
scattered, attacked. steam
dusty piles of rage, pages
throbbing. unboxed the
of burnt tears and temples
of wrath, there came a shower
she opens the year-old boxes
out:
S gone—she has to let it
[bracket… no more pair, the
holding her hand (parenthesis
gone with no goodbye. of him away
solo ice cream and movie ticket. of
self. of midnight daydreams. of
than its sum. in her uncontainable
her parts only a squareroot bigger
the entirety of her chopped. deduced.
[brackets] shredded. squeezed. stored.
she’s been enclosed (parentheses)
(catharsis] by joanna lanojan
all rights reserved 2017
all rights reserved 2017
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