Clint Smith: Queries of unrest
17. August 2017 17:03
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Maybe I come from the gap
between my father’s teeth.
Maybe I was meant to see a little
bit of darkness every time he smiled.
Maybe I was meant to understand that
darkness magnifies the sight of joy.
Maybe I come from where the sidewalk
ends, or maybe I just read that in a book once.
It can be hard to tell the difference sometimes.