The excavator gets stuck in a stump hole

Giuseppe Bartoli
iPoetry
Published in
May 3, 2024
Photograph: Giuseppe Bartoli.

Like a rotating turntable
or the head of a cartoon character
your head spins around in circles
only to hopefully return
to the point of departure —
or call it conclusion —
that the deeper we dig
ourselves in trouble,
the harder it will be
to lift ourselves back out.

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Giuseppe Bartoli
iPoetry

American-Italian-Peruvian poet, ghostwriter, copywriter, politician, and journalist. Open for freelance jobs. Published 7 books; 7 more on the way.