from “shapeshifter poems” by Lucille Clifton

 
 
 
from “shapeshifter poems”
 
 
 
 
Lucille Clifton
 
 
 
the poem at the end of the world
is the poem the little girl breathes
into her pillow    the one
she cannot tell    the one
there is no one to hear    this poem
is a political poem     is a war poem    is a
universal poem but is not about
these things     this poem
is about one human heart     this poem
is the poem at the end of the world
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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~ by samofthetenthousandthings on June 26, 2020.