Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Slim Truths and Tiny Lies, by Kyla Houbolt

 

1.

When I think of you I'm empty inside.
That is a false gift, but not to blame
the delivery drivers who work
all day and all night. 
I want to thank every one of them! 

2. 

The polite thing to do
would have been to say
Thank you, and not
My eyes are not blue. 

3.

This space
for your favorite lies.
No, not that one. 

4. 

Let the flowers
speak! They will not.

 

 

 


Kyla Houbolt's fifth chapbook, The Ghost Of It, is available from CCCP Chapbooks/Subpress Collective. All five of her chapbooks are available via her website, and she is on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/luaz.bsky.social

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Slim Truths and Tiny Lies, by Kyla Houbolt

  1. When I think of you I'm empty inside. That is a false gift, but not to blame the delivery drivers who work all day and all nigh...