Miz Quickly’s Day 8: Two Rooms

Muddy Waters

A glass of cold water
and two aspirin.
There’s a crow picking
my skull into tiny bones.
A simmering cranial gap

to a steep slope. Grey trees.
A footbridge pinned down
in reeds and a shallow creek.
You’re a kingdom of rot.
The creak in your bed.

In response toΒ Miz Quickly’s Day 8Β “Two Rooms” prompt. I used the room with the glass of cold water, and the room that includes suffering.Β Β Photo byΒ Chinh Le DucΒ onΒ Unsplash.Β  Shared with @Experimentsinfc #APoemADay on Twitter Β  Β©Misky 2021

6 responses to “Miz Quickly’s Day 8: Two Rooms”

  1. so quick. and so articulate. My favourite are the last 8 lines. LOL.

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    1. LOL! Excellent, since I can only take credit for the last 8.

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  2. Clever!πŸ‘

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  3. My favorites: Lines 1-10; but especially “kingdom of rot”.
    Very cool. M.

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    1. πŸ˜‚ Thanks!

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  4. I’m with Ron, except my fav lines are “There’s a crow picking
    my skull into tiny bones”

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