read the ghost writing
scrawled on bathroom wall
silent message shouts
plainly heard by all
but me.
her broom smoke hate mail
writ for Oz to see
Wicked Witch warning
go home, Dorothy!
poison pen letter
in contrail graffiti
no misunderstanding
blunt soliloquy
can't miss signet ring
in slammed shut wax seal
eviction notice
homelessness is real
my seagull note cards
addressed back to me
violent rainbow ink
bitter irony
burnt tailpipe scratches
mar chaste silver chrome
of house numbers where
I once called home
finger pointed exit
scarecrow can't decide
how to get us back
nor where I reside
floating to Kansas
suppose we could be
we might also be
blowing out to sea
pretty metaphors
cannot terror hide
balloon cut asunder
to drift rogue and wide
past all illusion
patchwork family
where broken window
isn't just a theory
Oz was gaslighting
would-be wizard lied
behind iron curtain
hypocrisy to hide
two-side feather quill
pens divorce decree
with binding contract
written just for me
double edge sword cuts
their responsibility
while also severing
my autonomy
this rhyme is over
but it never ends
gift keeps on giving
in the pain it sends
chancel tracery
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