The Gift - a poem submission for the "holiday writing" mini-course #6
The Gift
by Shirley Silva
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Sometimes there is a present
Hooked from love-at-first-sight
Something you didn’t know you wanted
Tied up tight
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You touch it barely and tenderly
Fingers caressing paper smooth
Tips pressing creases, corners
String too taut to move
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You ache when you rip its skin, thin
Tissue rustles ra…
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