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Sticks and Phones

Posted on May 20, 2019March 18, 2022 by Kailee Isham

A flip phone

Pressed against my hip

As I sit 

Close enough to be sprayed

Every now and then

With the occasional stray droplets

As close as I can get

To the roar of nature

Without going under

Like

A flip phone

Collecting rust before I picked it up

(what a relic)

So I sit 

A phone in each pocket

One old

(how long was it here)

One new

(how long till I’m done with it)

(where will it go when that day comes)

(will it end up in a stream from a waterfall)

(collecting rust until someone else picks it up)

(thinks “what a relic”)

(“how long was it here”)

The waterfall doesn’t care

It continues flowing

Over sticks and phones alike

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Hi there!
I’m Kailee Isham, writer and editor. I am passionate and knowledgeable about craft, and if you want someone who will both improve your work and encourage you, I’m ready to be in your corner. I have also been published in The Lee Review and The Whale Road Review.

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