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Friday, September 28, 2012

The Broken Latch: A Rengay with Aubrie Cox


The Broken Latch
Aubrie Cox & Kirsten Cliff

rain ripples
across my skin
fibromyalgia

finally home
I sink into tears

sunlight slips
between the bedroom
blind slats

no moon
my sleepless night
of silent prayers

thoughts tangled
in the thickening fog

lost butterfly
the broken latch
on this pill box



Published in Kokako 17 (September, 2012)

This rengay was written from our shared experience of living with the chronic illness Fibromyalgia.

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