- Gary Hunter
The Ache of Truth - June 29, 2021
truth aches
when
an overread book
is continually
misunderstood
or
when a love
that needs to shout
is left to linger
unspoken
on lips
truth aches
when
an overread book
is continually
misunderstood
or
when a love
that needs to shout
is left to linger
unspoken
on lips
up all night writing because I wanted some sparkling revelation to offer this morning but words failed and I have nothing to show but the sloppy stains of scribbles and cross-outs maybe I'll learn som
to this swirling existence we write about so why not dabble in the dialect and points of view? use solitary clouds and footprints fresh stains and old smells the embraces of snakes turn words upside d
fat colorful leaves tumble around my feet shades you never see of unusual curl and striation greed fills me this huge pile of poems seem ready and able to leap directly onto paper and I’ll take all th