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Knitbone


the process needs assessment
the liquid is dark green
smells of eucalyptus

a need to be healed

take all the precautions necessary
bathe in lavender foam
reading and trying to unwind

and avoid dreaming of a past
involving ocean views
at Half Moon Bay
city vistas from the 86th floor
coffee from Peet's
doughnuts from Krispy Kreme

a time when the future was bright

heat surrounds as pages turn
offering a glimpse into
the other side of the American Dream

I think about writing
through the difficulty

epically moving this soundtrack

Andrew Taylor is a Liverpool based poet and co-editor of erbacce and erbacce-press. He recently completed a PhD in Poetry and Poetics and his latest publication, And the Weary Are at Rest is published by Sunnyoutside Press. Poems have recently appeared in THE, The Journal of Heroin Love Songs, Opium Poetry and Eviscerator Heaven.

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