Lethologica
or have my bootstraps broken
eaten away by the distraction of more important
useless things
Have I fed you enough?
mourned you
nurtured you
I draw you out
the proportions are off
skewed in unlikeness
not the right word or too many
an ethereal thing out of reach
in the back of my brain at the base
farthest from my eyes
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MADELINE KELLY is a sophomore pursuing a Baccalaureate degree in English.