Poetry

Unexpected Action

Anne Brandes

Past the fieldThrough the briarBy the breaths of people lingering in the lightPast the smokeInto the millCreeping closerWith the stealth of a catUp the stairsAnd onto the windowsillLike a hawk in its nestA pencil and paperAnd a breathtaking viewWith an ideaAnd new perspectivesShe put the pencil to the paperAnd as though the paper was a ballroomAnd the pencil a dancerShe wrote.

Unexpected Action Anne Brandes
Anne Brandes, 12
New York, New York

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