POEM STARTER

Submitted by Margaret Sok

Cleansing

Write a poem inspired by this theme.

My Typewriter

I have a broken typewriter

The kind that’s hard to fix

The letters are there but the words don’t seem to fit

Everyone says my typewriter is the best

Because the keys are fine it’s the paper that’s a wreck

What’s worst about my typewriter

The fact that does exist

Is that it won’t exit from its spot, it stays right where it is

The ink bleeds through the stubborn page

Wishing it could escape this dark age

The ink breaks the paper and I wish that I could fix it

But now my piece is stuck and it won’t say “good riddance.”

The worst part is

I’m out of paper

So this page is my last and it feels like a faker

It doesn’t want to move on no matter what I say

Will I always be stuck this way?

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