As is often the case with my poetry, I use the actual details of things in my environment to explain what I am feeling or convey an emotion. Sometimes this is through memories reaching up to the present, other times the metaphor collides in space and time. "hunger" is one such collision. The entire poem is contained in the image. I've also included the text below.
photo from morgueFile by doberman
hunger
withered aloe cuts a shadow
across a counter of bottles.
the cat seeks scraps,
moves dust through the sun
streaking tile and wall.
football roars from the television.
one watches,
one sees the cat
push a bottlecap into the light.
©Erin Croley
withered aloe cuts a shadow
across a counter of bottles.
the cat seeks scraps,
moves dust through the sun
streaking tile and wall.
football roars from the television.
one watches,
one sees the cat
push a bottlecap into the light.
©Erin Croley
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