Days: Edward C. Smith

Edward C. Smith

He had been thrashing for so long
that when the divorce came, like a ship,
he had no strength to hail it
but watched it pass, and bobbed
in its wake.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Trauma and associated psychic numbing. It may not necessarily be a bad thing.
Wonderful poem.

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