Bamboo

Bamboo





love

like bamboo shoots

shoved

underneath my fingernails

stings



i hate these things

she does



but I endure



they make me stronger



and though

the binds are slipping

she tightens them

gently





Donald Dean Mace








Donald Dean Mace is an artist, poet, and freelance writer living and working quietly in Yuma, Arizona. He has been published by Ariel Chart, the Yuma Daily Sun, Arizona Western College Magazine and his poetry was featured in a public service broadcast.