Epitome
My doctor said
I should lift
weights
to build
my strength
but
I heard that
butterflies
in the Amazon
sit on the faces
of crocodiles/
drink
their tears
to
glean the salt.
Man,
I want to learn
how to be
as bad-ass
as that
Carla M. Cherry
Carla
M. Cherry is an English teacher and poet. She has been published in Anderbo,
For Harriet, Obscura, Dissident Voice, Random Sample Review, Eunoia Review,
MemoryHouse Magazine, Down In The Dirt, In Between
Hangovers, Picaroon Poetry, Firefly Magazine, and Ariel
Chart. She has published four books of poetry with Wasteland Press: Gnat
Feathers and Butterfly Wings, Thirty Dollars and a Bowl of Soup, Honeysuckle
Me, and These Pearls Are Real.
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Poetry