Things in the Shape of Other Things by Mary Ellen Miller

Written By Amanda Walther
Heart-shaped rugs
Bookend hands
Santa Claus banks
Elephant mugs.

I don’t like that.

This thing in me
Sharped like a cat
Poised for attack
Hissing, back
Arched, tail
Up

I don’t like that. 

~from The Poet’s Wife Speaks (Old Seventy Creek Press, 2011)
Amanda Walther
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