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Says the mall map
in an empty mall
glass doors locked
display mannequins
blankly staring at
no one standing there
except you an escaped
virus from quarantine
pondering where
here really is what
here really means
when there's no one
to listen or ask how
touch can be so
dangerous and yet
so necessary
Author Bio:
After a career in newspapers, Eric Chiles began teaching journalism and writing at number of colleges in eastern Pennsylvania. His poetry has appeared in The Aurorean, American Journal of Poetry, Canary, Gravel, Main Street Rag, Rattle, Sport Literate, Tar River, Third Wednesday, and elsewhere. His chapbook, "Caught in Between", is available from Desert Willow Press.
Says the mall map
in an empty mall
glass doors locked
display mannequins
blankly staring at
no one standing there
except you an escaped
virus from quarantine
pondering where
here really is what
here really means
when there's no one
to listen or ask how
touch can be so
dangerous and yet
so necessary
Author Bio:
After a career in newspapers, Eric Chiles began teaching journalism and writing at number of colleges in eastern Pennsylvania. His poetry has appeared in The Aurorean, American Journal of Poetry, Canary, Gravel, Main Street Rag, Rattle, Sport Literate, Tar River, Third Wednesday, and elsewhere. His chapbook, "Caught in Between", is available from Desert Willow Press.
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