VitalsA Poem by Kristina MoulaisonThe washing machine just moved my house. One hundred year old studs gyrate in circles as my clothes spin, and I am agape. A tornado has shorn occupants from their houses today. Storage bins sit atop the open dollhouse that was their life's work, and I spin 1,042 miles per hour over Jupiter, my brain intact, as yet, despite the narrowing statistical probabilities. I am hovering over an abyss I cannot name or revoke. I am spinning eternal in stasis over a vacuum that waits- hungry for me. © 2017 Kristina Moulaison |
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1 Review Added on April 11, 2015 Last Updated on February 9, 2017 Tags: mortality, control, tragedy, catastrophe, disaster, precarious, fear, anxiety AuthorKristina MoulaisonBellingham, WAAboutI write. Read me. We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, la.. more..Writing
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