the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » stomach https://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 Tired of saying stomach https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/tired-of-saying-stomach/ https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/tired-of-saying-stomach/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 I am so tired of saying stomach,
I want to say diarrhea
not that my mouth is just another ass
to slosh feces from,
but so I can lower my cranial walls
and show the world my wrinkles
without worry.

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another will not cease saying that I am:
interlinked in stomach knots taxed
by the sieve of time straining, I collapse after each one
shares–pain divides: a miraculous healing.

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