I Tell a Story Metered in Time

The poet’s plight

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I am a poet, and that is my plight.
I try to write memoir, but all I do is fight —
with the idea that the truth is easier said when packaged as rhyme.
All wounds heal, or so they say, “give it time.”

But this cut feels fresh, so I do what I can.
Well-versed I am but out of my…