Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Number My Days


Teach me to number my days
To make hay with threads of sun rays
I want to swallow the day
Raw, whole like icing on a cake

Teach me to measure my inhales
That I may treasure the exhales
And erect a new life from the stales
Until the detail of decay pales.

Akpan


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