September Poetry Prompt: 9/5

the ridges on my palms

burrow into the cracks

that trail along my skin

and i am unburied

dig deep enough and

witness the wallowing of

times passing on towards

a rushing future

calming wisps between

flowing waters path

mirror anew curve

and pubescent curiosities.

-palm reading

jb.

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