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Shadows & Dust [poetry]

Poetry

Most of my poetry is autobiographical. I write about living with bipolar disorder, dating, single parenting, my neo-pagan spiritual beliefs, my dreams, and sometimes popular folklore. Many of these pieces come from my self-published collections...

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by Mizzieshizznell

by Mizzieshizznell

A clever barter, my body

for a jug of farm-fresh syrup

and a handful of false promises

dipped in the amber sap gathered

from one thousand unwilling maples,

limbs horror-stiffened while you

impaled their wooded hearts.

I declined the trade.