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Bottle Cap

Raud Kennedy

In a tunnel,
struggling to get to the far end.
Family, friends await.
Refuse bruises, cuts my knees.
Twist off tops, ketchup bottles,
things that snails live in.
Anger gave me a shell,
but now I’ve nothing,
just the survival instinct
to get to the other end.

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