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2004 Poetry in Bohème Magazine
Heir By: V.C. McCabe
I have your hands
and your stubborn streak
your love of books
your half smile
and deep inside
that same dark wish
a reckless desire
to quench curiousity
and find release
from mortal pain.
You are my dark glass
a cracked reflection
of an alternate path.
Her light has me balanced
on the edge of your abyss,
awaiting the slightest breeze
to send me tumbling over.
V.C. McCabe is an Appalachian poet and the author of Ophelia (Femme Salvé Books, 2023) and Give the Bard a Tetanus Shot (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2019). She has edited for Barren Magazine, the New International Voices series (Ice Floe Press), and Frontier Poetry. Her work appears in ekphrastic exhibits and journals worldwide, including EPOCH, Poet Lore, and Prairie Schooner. Her website is vcmccabe.com. View more posts
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