Poem by Charles Pierre: “The Overcoat.”

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Poem by Charles Pierre: “The Overcoat.”

January 24, 2023 by Blogfinger

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The Overcoat

January wind wraps me
in bits of shell, weed, and bone
from the ice-wracked shore--


a gritty garment stitched
with flecks of the dead
from the skittering waste.


By Charles Pierre



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