There is a Girl Inside
after Lucille Clifton
there is a girl inside
as rowdy as a stray cat.
she fought her way out
of the of the belly of the wolf
to be a grown woman.
she is the last rain-sheened
dark-hooded crow
lifting from an old oak tree
disguised as a used housewife.
she has waited
for this bliss
for these new days
when gray hairs blossom
and the gardener will harvest
banks and banks
of roses and peonies
and the world will be wild
with her punk rock song.
Elizabeth Mercurio is the author of the chapbooks Doll and Words in a Night Jar. Her work has appeared in Lily Poetry Review, Ample Remains, The Wild Word, Thimble Magazine, Vox Populi, and elsewhere. You can find her at:https://www.elizabethmercurio.com/
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