Love Poem: Closed For Construction
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Written by: David Morrison

Closed For Construction

a sea
of
tarnished beams
and shattered shards of
           steel and
           twisted
           bolts

No refuge in a
concrete haven.

The
Wreckage
stands suspended--
lifeless and immobile,
indistinct and through
a pass
starkly.

(of Broken Bridges these
trout are Wary.

suddenly,
sagely,
taller than Tomorrow and
More yellow than Today;
      a spindly arm
h
o
i
s
t
s

These skeletal remains ( still dripping
and quietly,
ohso tenderly,
performs the healing