Souls with Skin

Tag: belonging

  • Mud Pies

    Mud Pies

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    by

    Robin Klebba
    in ,

    When God sat downTo play with dirt,Imagination open-mouth kissed reality.Thus, clay was dusted offAnd named​Yet full completion didn’t comeUntil the entrance of anotherThe second-one​For years I believedHer second formed birth orderMade her just so:SecondaryMade from man and for man​Ah, there was a realmWhere Eve placed firstRecognized for disqualificationWearing a crown of deceitLips apple red​Thus, the…

  • Homeless

    Homeless

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    by

    Robin Klebba
    in

    I’ve been hungry for a home Since before the time I left it 18 and anchors away Permanency long before lifted No matter when I returned It always felt different Not that I overstayed my welcome But that belonging was no longer an option Floating in harbor Or miles length from shore The horizon is…