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Interred

Lisa Hannah



Interred

20 milligrams lock it down -
the physical body.
So the brain’s interred
for safety,
and all seems frivolous.
The pen, purple and loud.

The circular saw of its descent
wheels in, and leaves a desk fan,
poised in one direction.
Thoughts smell of scorched hair
as the brain tunes out,
singed by the circuit break.

Sliding down between seats,
out of the physical landscape,
unseen by the spectator whose hair
is too rough, too knotty.

The bright mid-day window.

Tulips reach out to bite,
and cabbages wave like taffeta.

Lisa Hannah


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