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Vagabond Roads

Gretchen Lee Bourquin
Gretchen Lee Bourquin

Dec 28, 2020

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Thread

a poem

Photo by Giulia Bertelli on Unsplash

I take the one loose thread
From this tattered life
And pull
Hang from this thin material
And the bunches and knots
Pinch and pull into distortion
And when the thread breaks
Misshapen, I must move on

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Gretchen Lee Bourquin

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I’m a MN writer battling my demons & learning to celebrate angels. facebook.com/gretchenleewritermn/ twitter.com/gretchenlee instagram.com/gretchenleebourquin

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