Today's poem is by Katharine Coles

Leda
       

Whatever you've heard,
I wouldn't let myself

Say I was taken in, by
Or on a ride, for

A fool. I could take on
But prefer opening

My wings to being
Carried, shaking my tail, flying

All that high when
You release me.

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Copyright © 2023 Katharine Coles All rights reserved
from Ghost Apples
Red Hen Press
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