Weight Of Mind

~ Kenneth P. Gurney

I placed Dream
on the bathroom scale.
Zero.

I placed my Broken Poetry Prize dream
on the bathroom scale.
One-oh-six. It weighed me down.

I placed my Bicycle Across America dream
on the bathroom scale.
It rose seven inches above the tiles.

copyright © 2019 Kenneth P. Gurney

Published by Kenneth P. Gurney

I am an Albuquerque, NM, USA poet.

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