Hung Up in a Gibbet |
Issue 14
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Locked--
Hanging in a gibbet-- suspended on outskirts a daydreamer existing between laughs, chatter heard, sweat-stung blisters felt-- hurt-- dreams caged in gibbet-- of feet on earth to meet the them below, see eye to eye, take into soul what makes cities stir-- Delirium engulfed gibbet-- diminishing-- unalert parched, pleading to be freed-- tucked in the hung’s pocket the gibbet’s key-- rebirth. |
Michael Roque, born and raised in Los Angeles, discovered his love for poetry and prose amid friends on the bleachers of Pasadena City College. Now he currently lives in the Middle East and is being inspired by the world around him. His poems have been published by literary magazines like North Dakota Quarterly, Cholla Needles, The Literary Hatchet and others.
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