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One Layer Down

Could somebody please
Do me a simple favour? 

I just need you to peel away this top layer
Strip the dead exterior away
This one is numb and plain
Which does no one any good 

There’s something underneath
Vibrating at a different frequency
Than the unmoving surface
There’s a tension below
I can feel it there somewhere
But I can’t find it
And the mystery, the suspense
Of not knowing
Exactly what or where it is
Is killing me 

So please
If it isn’t much trouble
Would you kindly help me look?

October 30. 2024

Published inPoetryFree Verse

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