Aerie InternationaL - Missoula County Public Schools

deborah gravina
allendale, new jersey, usa
he breAKS Another bottle, I go for A WAlK
White glass shatters differently than clear glass;
clear glass scatters into tiny, invisible pieces,
while white glass breaks into frosted chunks.
A sword gets pulled out of a stone by a flimsy boy,
and the girl made out of stone falls in love.
Cows walk on just their two back feet when farmers aren’t looking.
They play chess, and read novels on split tree trunks.
Book discussions occur on Sundays.
There’s a partridge in a pear tree by the bus stop where I wait
for the sunset to drown arrogant trees
and wonder what lies under the orange seam,
and how exactly I can get there.
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