Thursday, August 8, 2024

Futile Persistence

 By Alex Kimberlin

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I can feel you

smoothing me over.

Ignoring all my

rough edges.

You cut your finger

and blame me

for slicing 

you open.




About the Author

Alex Kimberlin is twenty years old and is pursuing a degree in both Chemistry and English. He enjoys writing poems and short stories in his spare time.

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