In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April.

Doubt

— JoEllen Moldoff —

Even if you tricked yourself
into a state of confidence,

Doubt, in her dark cloak,
will still come stalking

and find you, cowering
in the corner, flailing
your broom to chase her away.

And suppose you succeeded—
the dust settled,
leaving no trace

and the figure you imagined
was never in the room?

You were the trick, after all

then the broom,
and now

the trace.

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