I Am Kin To Window Blinds

Thomas Kenneth Anderson
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readJun 16, 2017

I am kin to window blinds

Wearing skin, diverting eyes

Opening, splintering, letting light in

Measured and mindful of timing chosen

Connecting, shuttering, keeping blame out

‘Happens within them are lived on without

However:

Even when my blinds stay shut

My mind remains anything but.

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