Lovelorn Poet in Philadelphia, PA: A Poem

Finding Your Voice by Ade Oshineye

scrape trowel on brick
replies
were pre-recorded messages
the possum waddling on the roof
the leaves grazing dryly at the door
or the cat tumbling a stampede from
partition to partition
but hearing promises
made the effort to tear down
sledgehammer quick

two hands
placing clay in molds
waiting
shrinking from nominal dimension
stacking monotonous modules

Her Two Cents

scrape

replies were waddling, grazing, tumbling
hearing: made to tear

placing
waiting
shrinking
stacking

Finding

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