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It Sits In Judgment


There’s a voice that hides

with message plain

“IT STILL IS NOT ENOUGH”

 

No matter how the 

phrases turn

“THEY LACK THE FINER STUFF”

 

It sits in judgment

undeterred

to flame and scold unbound

 

To speak when I’m 

inopportune

—and turn me inside out

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

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