Jeff Burt
I prefer to slip back through the ear,
ignoring the common portal of throat,
sliding past the anvil, hammer, and stirrup
so quietly I cannot hear myself come in,
though often I am caught repeating
the echoing walls of the heart.
Jeff Burt lives in California and works in mental health. He has contributed to Tar River Poetry, Sheila-Na-Gig, and Williwaw Journal.
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