Poetry

Rainer’s Mind

Rainer Pasca

I was in a forest with nothing
but my mind. It opened
a little bit—

lifted its mouth like a shark.
Suddenly, a bird.
Snap, said my mind.
Delicious! I didn’t
even say hello.
I just walked home.

Rainer Pasca
Rainer Pasca, 14
Bay Shore, NY

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