in your eyes
my world spun hard
twisted as a dinosaur’s grin
by your words
it became a smile
crusted on a cookie jar
in my eyes
the world melted soft
furred on my palm’s back
by your words
it became a molten rock
crusted on a raging heart
in my eyes
your world spun hard
twisted as a dinosaur’s grin
by my words
it became a smile
crusted on a cookie jar
in your eyes
the world melted soft
furred on your palm’s back
by my words
it became a molten rock
crusted on a raging heart
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image: lithograph by Elizabeth Catlett, 1944, Mother and Child
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