{"id":2833,"date":"2015-07-28T22:01:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T22:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2017-07-12T01:42:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:42:51","slug":"palindromes-by-jennifer-rollings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/palindromes-by-jennifer-rollings\/","title":{"rendered":"Palindromes by Jennifer Rollings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Palindromes<\/h1>\n

by Jennifer Rollings<\/p>\n

This is a box in a shoe.
\nFoot jutting from heel,
\nbones streamlining skin.<\/p>\n

Something that shouldn\u2019t be and is not.<\/p>\n

Your mine,
\nand my yours.<\/p>\n

A commodity for sale,
\nforward and reverse,
\ninverted and extrapolated
\nuntil it is one continuous product
\nunder God.
\nHere is a glove in a hand,
\niron pushing against tendons.
\nAnother model, made in velvet,
\nwill bulge beneath the veins
\nwith less intrusive authority.<\/p>\n

You say I need them
\nto suppress dissent,
\nsmooth as a neuroenhancer
\ntaking hold on a morning commute.
\nThis is the rough in a diamond,
\npretty as sludge over ice.<\/p>\n

Here, soon, will be my atmosphere
\nswallowed up by your planet.<\/p>\n

There is no word for \u2018our\u2019 in this new language.
\nMy protests don\u2019t leave my mouth,
\nbecause I\u2019ve left no room for you to lay claim in it.<\/p>\n

It will come down to one thing, this I know,
\nimpossible to own or separate:<\/p>\n

My earth is not your earth is not mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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