Talk

Noelle Kocot

 
My body is
A little
Green sea.
Bears bathe
In it
Then go to
Sleep in the
Basement.
A four-wheeler
Slams past,
And then the
Sea splashes
Around and
Around.  
O little sea,
O my body,
Sit here with me
While I just talk.  
 
Copyright © 2011 by Noelle Kocot. Used with permission of the author.

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