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Language – a poem by Jared Carnie

Jared Carnie

berthusen / credit: d. enck
berthusen / credit: d. enck

Language

Look.

Someone has scattered these words
across my dreams.

Crunch.
Crisp.
Squirrel.
Lust.
Fur.
Tender.
Nocturnal.
Peculiar.
Salacious.
Fiction.

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Jared Carnie

Jared A. Carnie lives in Sheffield. His debut novel, Waves, is available now. He can be found at www.jaredacarnie.com.

Author: Jared Carnie Tags: Dreams issue, poetry Category: Dreams issue August 4, 2017

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