digestion

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by T.P. Wilkinson / January 21st, 2018

before
just in that second
before
you feel that
that tension
that to a subtle gag
could turn
in thought
that instant
comes with age
I should have chewed
more slowly
more
so not on life
to choke
not on the food
nor on words spoke.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, January 21st, 2018 at 2:02am and is filed under Poetry.