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Get Down | Poem

Get Down

rambling in his dark
mumbling away his breath
Jacob wrestles with his angel
half submerged in sleep
he ladders and lurches
from his bed
to clutch fetters and feathers
awakes to morning and wings
chided by elders
altered by children
awakes to morning
and wings

- Ken Peters
 

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