When Anxiety Has Wings

by lisamontagne

(2015)

Hope may be a thing with feathers,
But anxiety has wings
To soar
Inside the expanse of a ribcage
Or the firmament of a heart
Until it tires
And descends in the night
To roost
In the gallery of a cerebral cortex,
Peering down,
Bespectacled, Like a judge on a bench.

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