{"id":5063,"date":"2018-12-22T23:32:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T05:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2018-12-22T21:02:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T03:02:01","slug":"lgregoryseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.onesentencepoems.com\/?p=5063","title":{"rendered":"Laura Gregory: Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laura Gregory (series)<\/span><\/h1>\n

When They Ask Why You Didn\u2019t Stop Him<\/span><\/h2>\n

You\u2019ll want to explain how the alarm sounds
\nlike a dishwasher looping
\nin the next room, hushing
\n“not you, not you” and who
\nwould run from that,<\/p>\n

but why is a blade,
\na slap, a whip
\nthat cracks in your ears
\nand echoes until white noise wails
\nlike sirens.<\/p>\n

\n

Imperative<\/span><\/h2>\n

You understood
\nwhen his smile said don\u2019t
\npoke holes in the boat
\nand blame the river.<\/p>\n

\n

Decisions, Decisions<\/span><\/h2>\n

Thrashing or still
\nweeping or carrying on
\nunarmed or disarmed,
\nsilenced or willfully mute,
\ndeft or dull, a razor
\ncuts either way.<\/p>\n

\n

On Good Days<\/span><\/h2>\n

For long stretches you’ll forget
\nwhen breath finds an easy loop
\nfrom lips to lungs,
\nwhen legs glide,
\nwhen both knees hinge
\nlike greased cranks on a carousel
\nand feet float like pretty horses
\nthat never touch the track.<\/p>\n

___________________________________<\/p>\n

Pull<\/span><\/h2>\n

Years later when you pass steep stairwells,
\nempty elevator shafts gaping black
\nand bottomless, wood chippers gnashing,
\ntrain tracks vibrating invisible math\u2014
\ndistance over time equals<\/p>\n

what if<\/p>\n

there’s a jolt and your feet
\nslip, leap, attach however briefly
\nto nothingness, to one
\nunsheathed flash of it before<\/p>\n

you catch yourself,
\nstraighten your coat, laugh
\nfor the stranger who sits
\nin your blind spot,
\nfinger on the trigger.<\/p>\n

\n

Laura Gregory<\/strong><\/span> likes to aim high.<\/em><\/p>\n

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