L Rowan

“He likes my poems because 'it's interesting to see
how differently we experience the same moment'
which was a nice way to say I'm always overreacting.
Meanwhile I hate poems and myself for writing them,
these monologues delivered in riddle by a troll
who guards the bridge to a place no one even wants
to go, like hell, or an open mic, where a further
coalition of trolls guard further bridges.
I try so hard.
Spend hours on the word tongue,a comma.
Look at this experimental maze intended
for an animal both winged
and extinct.”
― Savannah Brown, Closer Baby Closer