Foyer
Rather than an exposé
on entryways
––another excuse
to look askance
at polished wood
purporting to be a drawer
of a console table
whose contents are known––
on entryways
––another excuse
to look askance
at polished wood
purporting to be a drawer
of a console table
whose contents are known––
you entreat me to
explore the depths
of neglect, and leave the budding
poem at the door.
poem at the door.
~ LCMH
Thanks, again, to David Lehman of "Next Line, Please" for choosing to share this poem as an example of an apostrophe prompt ( https://theamericanscholar.org/time-fear-lust-truth-and-grants-tomb/#.WeYpJGWTRBY ).
