Day of Papier-mâché!
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When I think of her, sometimes,
my whole milk curdles and gives me a whole lot of problems in my glass during breakfast.
Maybe, it could be make it into cottage cheese.
Or, actually, I’d rather just visit a cottage made of cheese.
Maybe the cottage should be made with Swiss cheese though, so there’s plenty of ventilation!
I digress…
I touch my chest,
where my target heart rests.
It’s full of puncture wounds,
from wicked words of thud-thudding-thunder,
but they cannot break me, all the way asunder.
Then I bite my lip,
because I remember -
…all the hidden puzzle pieces,
that are strewn across my cluttered cognitive walls with plastered poems.
Let’s just make it a day of Papier-mâché!
The little editor man in my brain,
who paces far too much,
choked and ran out of the nearest door way he could find.
About the Creator
Rowan Finley
Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.
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Comments (3)
I love this fun house quality mixed with raw and intense emotions. It’s beautifully peculiar and deep.
So clever and playful. Loved the cottage wordplay
This was such a fun and quirky ride! I loved the “target heart” line and the poor little editor guy—relatable on too many levels.✨