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Screech

Waitress (film)

By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 years ago 1 min read

kiss the baby over and over, smells like fresh baked bread

Trying to write a single sentence

A letter, a sound like a dong from a large metal instrument

Or a screech from a screaming guitar

No sad guitar, no mad guitar

Just crying, leaking tears like the Indian girl who died from her broken heart

Kiss the baby, like fresh baked bread

So airy and soft and new and perfect

Screech goes the sun in the new day

I’m in love with the interruption

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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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  • Tiffany Gordon2 years ago

    Fantabulously Brilliant! Go Melly G! 😍

  • This makes me think of so many things, all light and fluff yet heavy and full

  • Rosie𐙚2 years ago

    Alright, I love this poem!

  • Okay hear me out. Why don't we kiss the bread and bake the baby? Hahahahahahahhaha. Loved your poem Merly!

  • I always liked your poems and this is another one!

  • Joe Patterson2 years ago

    I’m in love with the interruption…solid close.

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