From the Collection Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For?
It’s a slow start. Notice the way
she’s holding the pen. Four-beat line to open,
leaning blue, and—synesthesia—right at the jump.
If she can shift to the conditional—yes!
It’s a slow start. Notice the way she’s holding the pen. Four-beat line to open, leaning blue, and—synesthesia—right at the jump. If she can shift to the conditional—yes! She lands clean on an …
From the Collection Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For?
It’s a slow start. Notice the way
she’s holding the pen. Four-beat line to open,
leaning blue, and—synesthesia—right at the jump.
If she can shift to the conditional—yes!

“Mise en Abyme,” a Poem by Lisa Russ Spaar

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