Paddling Upstream

Vandal Poem of the Day: March 21, 2018

by Anne Marie Macari
Leaving last slants of light.

Inside with the bats. Then sorry
when the light is gone. Sorry
to what stayed behind.
I call without a voice to the walls—
openings I can’t see and keep
entering: sorry, sorry
from Red DeerFind it in the library
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