One Poem Only
One Poem Only
Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour
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Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour

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Look it in the Mouth

Katie Gilmour
all I really want 
is for you to make me 
something only you can make 
let it be a chore 
let it take hours 
let your back give out later 
because of the way you had to stand 
learn a craft for years 
or even as a child 
and then when I ask you for it 
give it to me 
carve the wax 
pour the gold 
pull the trigger 
cut around those little feet 
and peel the skin 
pick up that pencil 
and draw and write me 
words that are true 
give me the stories 
you have kept 
from me 
before you die 
and take them 
all with you

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