Sunday, April 30, 2017

Poem 30: again and again

It's the last one! And it's late.

The Napowrimo prompt is to "write a poem about something that happens again and again."

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Telling My Life Stories

Each time,
the stories fade a bit,
their characters,
sorted into heroes and villains,
falling into
the same bad habits.

My listeners, numb,
nod in the wrong places,
eyes searching
the hallways and classrooms
for a way out.

But I keep talking,
and waving my hands
as if directing
oncoming traffic.


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