[…]

There were only numb mind tones,
thoughts clenched like little fists,
And syllables struggling to release their sense to my imagination.
I tried to get out of myself
But it was like emerging into a maze

[…]

~John Koethe, from “Partial Clearance,” North Point North: New and Selected Poems 

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Notes:

• Poem: lyrikline.org. Photo: Exercice de Style
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