Challenge
LXXXV
Homage. Choose a writer you admire. Write something in the style of that writer, or something that takes place in a world they created. Include the author's name at the beginning or end of your piece so we know who the homage is to.
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a gift not intended
(a nod to e.e. cummings)
i swerve, then lean in-to your Ebbing and Flowing;
sensing that the moment of contact is crucial (Timing).
honed over centuries, my radar is my superhumantool
(a gift not intended).
only Now and Then is it safe to get right close and
exhale in your presence, in the slivervoid left
by your simmering tension, then
tears,
rumination,
self-pity.
they stand to stretch for a moment and I slide in next to you.
in those tiny chasms, you see me and you feed me and pet my head.
i hold that bit of You in my pocket like a treasure in case it never comes again.