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Reaching

a poem

By Aaron MorrisonPublished 6 months ago 1 min read

Set

Start

Now stop

Inhale deep

Acrid iron taste

A gift from uninvited guts

Word shards stick in throat; forehead glistens like dewy morn

Quivering like like golden leaves of a quaking aspen

Sleight of drifting hands caught in the pull of neutron stars in the form of pinky fingers

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About the Creator

Aaron Morrison

Mad Lib it:

Born during a (___natural disaster___), Aaron spends his free time exploring (___unusual location (plural) ___) and raising domesticated (___fictional creature (plural)___).

Author of Miscellany Farrago

insta: @theaaronmorrison

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