A very succinct and thus powerful image.

Deborah Barchi

·Mar 24

…r and over:
who am I?
And then, when I tire of looking,
you speak to me through a whisper carried
by the scuttle of a wasp fated to die
upon delivering your message:

Memory

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Lena Buarque

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays. 824drb@gmail.com