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Blouse

An Ugly Shirt

By Jamie WilkinsonPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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Her blouse is livid with loose ends of string

intertwined like feasting garden-worms.

That pompous scuffed tortoise-shell button

swinging from a sagging polyester lapel.

That feathered coffee stain from brunch, 1975

lazily hovering on her crooked collar.

The sluggish swish of tiny beige threads

tangled with dryer-lint and appliqué.

The scratch of dry skin and tight sleeves,

her nails dancing in profound pockets.

It talks when she talks,

it says what she doesn’t.

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Jamie Wilkinson

23 year old writer/poet from Montreal, Canada.

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