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After I Finish Writing This Poem

After I finish writing this poem

the weight of living will seem lighter

and I’ll feel better for a while

I’ll read the words over and over

till the words seem strange and foreign

like some ancient sacred mantra

I’ll admire the way the words look

arranged on paper shaping the blank

space like artwork within its self

Then I’ll put the poem away and

sadly nothing will have changed I’ll

still be sitting in this factory

Poems are nothing but a quick fix

like sex or a shot of cheap whiskey

a bandage for the weary soul

But as for now I feel just fine 

I just wrote a poem, and that’s close

enough to freedom for tonight


Wayne Mason - Lakeland, Fl

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