NECK OF THE WOODS

NECK OF THE WOODS

cut me
some slack

a huge swathe
a tidy sum

use a sharp sharp knife
or maybe a hospital scalpel
sterilized, sharpened
to such an
edge

can cut
cloud

or, on the other hand,
to move in an alternate direction

string me up
and hang me, let me
die 100% marionette
my
   feet not
touching ground

not entirely convinced
you are fixed in viewpoint
regarding what
right and proper
to do with poems
in your
       neck of the woods
and with those that write them

the jury
   one day in, the next so very out

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