"A good story, no matter how modest, is a form of prayer."

-Lee Siegal

Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Poem I Discovered in Cleaning Up

My bedclothes
were all tangled up
in the dryer
And I had to undo them.
Like knots in my hair
And inside my
comforter cover
there was a flannel sheet all
wet and in a ball
__
I wanted it to echo my soul tonight--
and I critiqued myself
for being too creative.