Mudlark No. 46 (2012)

Melpomene

She had stitches
in her side

a black ladder
leading to a door

bolted shut.
Above the door

a warning:
Do Not Enter

This Dream...
A black bird

the size of a spool
of common thread

was singing
inside

the cage
of her mouth. 

Susan Kelly-DeWitt | At Susan’s Pond
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