Friday, September 18, 2015

Russ Cope Poem

My Wooden Boyfriend
A Russ Cope Poem

Cami tells me her boyfriend
is made of wood.   I imagined
it as some kind of metaphor,
then I met him.

He stood in the doorway like
some dime store cigar Indian.

I can’t imagine how she pulls
the splinter out of her tongue.

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