the slur of an awkward mouth
Thursday, March 30, 2006
i built a god out of paper,
it was photocopied and stapled.

had to shape it,
every stroke just right,
so i sat
alone
every night...

pondering what i would be
if i hadn't built this deity.

1 Comments:

At 8:02 AM, March 31, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

i really dig the title of this piece.

the thing with paper gods is that you can recycle them. ;)

 

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