Drought
by Samantha Malay
published March 2020 in Wild Roof Journal, Issue 1
ask the dowse for an underground creek
but seek no promise of a constant source
proof we were here
is buried like seeds
wrist-spindled kite string
and remnants of letters on typewriter ribbon
tangle in tree roots now
with a wish for unbroken limbs
we cover the well
and squander no words on what can’t be seen
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