Eraser Marks

By Chalin

Cross-search
my words
for an
archaic meaning.

Memorize my
dictation and
the way my
face works to
conceal the

edge.

sit and spy alone.
Work me out with
a pencil,
understand my
results.

Jump through
hoops and swallow
fire, own it;
it belongs to me.

*Copyright, '02

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Published on Sunday, July 28, 2002.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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