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going mobile


we said we were gonna build
ourselves a little castle
—from scratch we said
it would take a long time
but it would be worth it

so we got married & went to work
the foundation itself
taking a good couple years
complete with eight axles
& sixteen semi-truck tires

by the time we celebrated
our fifth anniversary the little castle
was out of this world & fully functional
—and oh yes
wonderfully mobile


january two thousand twenty-five
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

I am the egg-man


pushing from the inside
kicking and pushing and
screaming inside this
unbreakable shell
I sit on a shelf
thinking about knocking
myself off
wondering if I fell
hard enough
I just might break out

hired thieves move
stealthily from a
thicket of woods
casting nets
along both sides
of this historic wall
betting amongst themselves
just how rich they’ll become
once hauling me
to the castle in one piece


june two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

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