Still Water

so distressed

I’ve cleared my desk

crumpled

~page~

cancelled press

( stuffed )

with missing

2nd-guess

& yes

a mess

is Kafkaesque

as

best

expressions

wish to rest

to nexus

into

next

genus

except when

chest

is so

depressed

a necessary

step

for breath

–to soothe

if not assuage

upset–

is trimming fat

to

where divest.

©Karen Robiscoe