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Colleen Carias Poetry

what if I can’t travel with
because of
oh you know  it shows up on the monitor

that static image x-ray of a measly meager life?
the picture show
a Rorschach test–these innards of baggage

familiar hairbrush  preening
clothing  invisible
what does it mean?

do my belongings lack?

do they see a heart when I walk through
the ancient sword I swallowed?

the yellow pen lies quietly
hot clip of india ink
nib bayonet in gold

About Colleen Carias
Colleen Carias is a Santa Fe-based poet-filmmaker. Recent poems appear in Able Muse, Harpur Palate, Blast Furnace Press, Masque & Spectacle, among others. She received the 2015 Milton Kessler Prize for Poetry.

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