first born
the page is off white
blank & unlined
like an expressionless face
eyes shut & chin slightly lifted
mind void of meaningful thought
tiger behind iron gate
wants to come out & play
unknowing she is but a kitten
sublimely aware this life
will not be the last
charcoal in hand
ideas spring forth
from a second story window
a greenish moon burning bright
like the intensity of eyes
spellbound & unforgiving
november two thousand twenty-two
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