[The prompt for today was “to write a poem in which the words or meaning of a familiar phrase get up-ended.”]
Do the words hurt
I wonder
When I twist and pull them
To cover the bones
Sticking out where
The stones flayed
The flesh?
[The prompt for today was “to write a poem in which the words or meaning of a familiar phrase get up-ended.”]
Do the words hurt
I wonder
When I twist and pull them
To cover the bones
Sticking out where
The stones flayed
The flesh?
