{"id":1242,"date":"2012-04-30T00:14:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T00:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:29:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:29:29","slug":"sisters-of-bondage-by-gavin-gerngross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/sisters-of-bondage-by-gavin-gerngross\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters of Bondage by Gavin Gerngross"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/h1>\n

Sisters of Bondage<\/h1>\n

By<\/p>\n

Gavin Gerngross<\/p>\n

She filled the tube
\nwith her red.
\nA prism of weeks reduced to jelly,
\nthis nutria,
\nscattered among the glade.
\nReduction: dollop of discontent.
\nTilling imagination flocks out at will.
\nBy nightlight, there are prayers
\nof meager request
\nscrolled across the carpet.
\nIn this manifestation, heat
\npulling at her socks, the breach
\nof her white sister’s sheets.
\nThe collapse of an entire stage
\nin one movement
\nof the hand, an
\nelbow changing the landscape.
\nThe harsh tickle of two fingers.<\/p>\n

###
\nGavin Gerngross is 34 years old, a graduate of the University of Houston with a degree in Creative Writing. He has been married 10 years, has a daughter, Trina, named after his deceased sister, and a son, Asher, named both the tribe of Israel and Chaim Potok’s character Asher Lev. Despite being laid off twice in the past year, he still resides in Houston; because he loves the city a little too much. He is affectionately known as, G, but only by his wife, Jami. Gavin Gerngross has no website links to speak of.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sisters of Bondage By Gavin Gerngross She filled the tube with her red. A prism of weeks reduced to jelly, this nutria, scattered among the glade. Reduction: dollop of discontent. Tilling imagination flocks out at will. By nightlight, there are prayers of meager request scrolled across the carpet. In this manifestation, heat pulling at her…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t