2020 Open Call , Poems - David Appelbaum
The shortest distance
By David Appelbaum
between two
is rejection
a self lags behind
itself
swaddled in shame
it’s natural
jonquils stunned
by frost, drooping heads
the broken wing
tossed from the nest
if there and here
were the same
we all would be winners
the loser’s revenge
a non-story
the hero’s destiny
a commonplace
getting would have
no how
but be part of
the wallpaper
a journey without
surprise
life would take forever
while dying
of boredom
.
David Appelbaum has worked in the university and in publishing, and is an author who specializes in the work of writing. His most recent books include notes on water: an aqueous phenomenology. |
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