The Road Beneath Our Feet
Times Square. New York – 2006
Aphasia Speaks
Times Square in lines
equals rain or diagonal droplets
flying out of reach.
If only the rain
would tell me what to say,
how to speak.
It’s dark like nothing
I remember.
Time squared equals
velocity ÷ distance.
Brooklyn Ferry — you
kissed me hours ago leaving the pier.
I watch across the bridge.
The rain stops.
— Gail Bartlett
Gail Bartlett lives in Baltimore City and Greenbrier County, West Virginia. She was involved in writing, graphic arts, teaching, and libraries before retiring in 2017 from DLA Piper LLP. Her passions are farmland conservation and writing. She holds a degree in education from Towson University.
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