Withheld
Sky strung poison
I discover your lips
hold strychnine
when standing on tip-toes
to give a kiss
long withheld—
These days & nights
I learned my heart is
unforgiving—
More than
the dangerous spittle
even dumb pigeons
know to step around
Susan Tepper is a twenty year writer and the author of nine published books of fiction and poetry. Her most recent are a poetry chap CONFESS (Cervena Barva Press, 2020) and a funky road novel WHAT DRIVES MEN (Wilderness House Press, 2019). Currently, she’s in pre-production of an Off-Broadway Play she wrote and titled ‘The Crooked Heart’ based on artist Jackson Pollock in his later years. www.susantepper.com
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