Displaced Existence
If there’s butter
something sugary sweet
a difference in
how he looks
at you how
he touches you
and do you
welcome his touch
or not he’s
almost a stranger
if there’s anything
left at all
a difference in
where he looks
at you when
he looks at
you and do
you want to
be seen or
not by strangers
if there’s butter
or not something
a little bittersweet.
About the Author: LB Sedlacek has had poems and stories appear in “Impspired,” “River Dog,” “Hill Rag,” “Inverse Journal,” and “Iconoclast.” Her short stories “Sight Unseen” and “Backwards Wink” were awarded 1st Place Prose prizes in “Branches Literary Magazine.” For 20 years, she published the free resource for poets, “The Poetry Market Ezine.” LB also likes to swim and read.
Image Credit: Kenyon Cox Study of man and woman (1878) Public domain image courtesy of Artvee
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