Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Poetry Challenge Day 29: Total (blank)



Total Eclipse of the Heart; Wait that Title is Taken

How many times has this word been written
or that one
or the one at the end of this line

We gather ideas like Easter Eggs
to display in our own hand basket
When placed side by side
one can see that there are no new eggs
only the arrangement differs

Every word written has seen the page before
Every letter now worn like a child’s favorite blanket

Yet, the Easter Bunny tempts us with the promise
of a golden egg
Waiting for us to find
    behind the books
    on a shelf
    tucked inside a drawer
The hunt exhilarates us
Happy in every discovered egg
    but yet
        somehow just short of total joy

But you’ve read that before

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