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

LIFE VIOLINS
— by Carla Stanley —

When it falls in to pills
alcohol calls the shots…..fisted to walls
minds break twisted
spiral in outward
vials leap alive
contrived reality so dead
screams bloody the ears…..hearing the yard
whimper cornered for children hurt…..playing family

hollow cheek home…..lllove noxious soul buried in the face of
overflowing litter boxes
bone Cheerio brittle
colored drawing innocent

push pins pulling…..crepe paper sobs
from ceilings tired of holding up bad behavior

savor fog cool blanket…..wrapping argument heat
lay around the feet
a shadow dog what will come night by
slow spin the box…..pad down the moan
curl up
comfort
and
must.

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