Dec 17, 2013

How Poetry Works

You have some lines that roll around in your head against the rough edges of your thoughts until they're polished into a shiny little gem... or turd, depending.

The toaster lasted
Longer than the marriage
In my defense
It was a damn good toaster.

1 comment:

Debbie said...

I wish I could add a pithy comment, but I think you've just said it all in four short lines.