Inkwell 2018-2019

Advice By Rachel Poteet Alter your best dress Burn down the old apple tree Cut the hawk from its jess Dream of what you will not see. Eat what was not grown for you Feed demons cut down long ago Gather up what you once knew Hinder freedom, make it slow. Irk the gods down from the sky Jump the fence and break your feet Kill every bird who airs a cry Leave your home in snow and sleet. Milk the cow and break the churn Never let the wolves lie still Oil the gears and let them turn Pick and do what e’er you will. Quiver when the sun comes up Rise for silence, lie for call Sing for pennies iwwn a cup Tear down stones that make you fall. Utter nothing when alone Veer from path and place and part Wear your skin down to your bone X out your name from your own heart. Yell when no one’s there to hear Zip up the sky and all your fears.

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