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Sunday, October 25, 2020

All Over the Place:
Nine Ways to View a Bully

By Michael H. Brownstein

1
It is our nature to stop and view the lightning.

2
Stones, too, can be named.

3
The biggest mouth belongs to a fish.

4
When you run with skunks, you run with stink.

5
Rape is not always a physical act.

6
The man you think you break may be the one who owns the glue.

7
Everything will come, my friend, on the wind or in a storm, on feathers or rust.

8
The best way to view a bully is from a distance and off to the left.

9
Perhaps all that is needed is a tree.

Copyright © 2020 by Michael H. Brownstein
Michael H. Brownstein’s volumes of poetry, A Slipknot Into Somewhere Else and How Do We Create Love?, were published by Cholla Needles Press in 2018 & 2019, respectively.

2 comments:

  1. I think I have read this ten times now and each time a different line stands out. Part of me would love to see what poems could be built from each of the 9 ways. Thank you for sharing, Michael!

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