Poem of the Week | The Unevolved Cactus by Lauren Anne Cassidy
The Unevolved Cactus
By Lauren Anne Cassidy
I take on love
Like a boat
Takes on water
And hold it
In my body
Like the belly
Of a cactus.
It does not help me
During the dry months
Or drought –
It drowns me from
The inside out.
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