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A poem inspired by an interview with Gregory Gordon, the man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan.

By Maisie RappPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Cutting between your teeth,

I am candy floss.

My sugars soak,

in the gaps of your gums.

The bulb of a tulip

hovers over the ground.

Grass lilts in the breeze,

twists its spine, and sighs.

A hand made up of all valleys,

no peaks.

Canyons formed in the skin,

stretched across his knuckles.

Beetlejuice couture, found

in the silk of a bathrobe.

The spiny feathers fall

from nape to toe.

And a net flouncing

around a basketball,

as it sinks

through its center.

Who am I?

I am Wonderful.

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About the Creator

Maisie Rapp

NYC/Baltimore based poetry and nonfiction writer.

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