SUBJECT: What Is A Word For Complete?
Who lifts your
spirits?
****************Look at all
****************the grass
****************just like you—
defending
the roots.
To escape
****************to flip,
********to zip
****************zap back.
What is a voice?
The Sage
talks about
ways to love
****************to support
****************the edifice
****************this circus
How brief
my mate,
my star—
****************marriage,
****************a love
****************vacuum
I hold you—
I miss you
too soon we’re dust again
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Katie Kemple (she/her) is a poet, parent, and public radio consultant in San Diego, CA. You can find her most recent poems on Lunch Ticket (Amuse-Bouche), Anti-Heroin Chic, Stickman Review, and miniskirt magazine.