I Wonder - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon
I Wonder - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by JayMantri from Pixabay “Did you tackle that trouble that came your way …” Edmund Vance Cooke I WonderThe unplanned dayexpansive before me,as creased and informal as my wrangled sheetsand just as sneaky as what lay imaginatively under the bed plottingagainst my lack of showering,ironing or complete plan of doing zero,subverted by any numberof impromptu zoomsa lack of milkvisitors…
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