Conversation with my heart

hey bullet dodger
swooning cliff diver
genius in a jumpsuit
Your chute’s on backwards.

Let’s disassemble
this lantern toss out the pieces
hold the lighted wick

Let’s work on this poem together
every day
risen and steady
like it has no end

Joe Walker

pencil, sumi and watercolor on sketchbook paper, 11″x13.5″

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