K is for Sea
I developed peanut brittle
bones & soft lips
like sliced cucumbers, lobster
limbs & crab claw toes,
sea snail hair. A gull
is a dirty bird, a scrap
scavenger in gutters.
My hips are crust-
acean shells, stuffed
with succotash,
taffy & tar;
hermit crab stomach.
Screeching gulls
scrounging up sand bugs
with bills I don't have.
Words
- Kyle Edward Harris
- "That's the price tag, no discounts, no bargains. Losing my first love was like living in a perfect house, with the perfect front porch and matching dormers where the key finally worked to let me in, until without enough warning, it caught fire and was gone, leaving a thin coat of ash that would gray my life for years, making me cry when I saw a perfect front porch or a light shining from an upstairs window."- The One & Only Aunt Nancy
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