Note Left For My Former Self Poem by Michael McGriff

Michael McGriff

Michael McGriff

United States / Oregon
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Michael McGriff
United States / Oregon
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Note Left For My Former Self



I've seen a group of farm kids
hypnotize a rabbit
by pinning it on its back
then stroking its neck.

This is what I think of
when I see you in the night—

not the trick,
but the distress call
we manage to send out
while we are pinned
to our stillness.

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Michael McGriff

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United States / Oregon
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