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In Lieu of Thanks

June 16, 2021 / H. E. Casson
In Lieu of Thanks

a green painted picnic table is not armour
but I wear it between us

I ask you why you haven’t aged
and you shake out grey from under your hat

I am silent
my tongue between grinding teeth

when I speak
I set the table ablaze

your hands cover it like a prayer
and the stillness is anoxic

I don’t invite you to mourn with me
so when you do

first rain then more rain
we drag my armour inside
by then I am smoke

This piece was inspired by a prompt shared by poet and editor isaura ren. You can find more of their work—and purchase their chapbooks—here. If you enjoy my poetry, you can find more of it here.

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