and chains are loose,
or tight.
the silk
ties,
the twine,
even threads,
but the bindings
of our
possessions,
our loves,
our likes
save us from
fright.
all of it keeps us here.
keeps us
from fleeing
these lives.
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- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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