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July’s Original Poem – No Handle

July 1, 2016 By Chris Baldauf Leave a Comment

As promised, my summer schedule is to gift one original poem to my readers per month, and I hope you will share my website with a friend. “No Handle” is a humorous poke at what we all fear – fear itself.

I hope you are enjoying slow porch swings, electric thunder showers, the magic of fireworks and the blessing of children laughing. I’m giving myself some leisure to write, but I promise to share more next month. Happy July!

 

No Handle

The wolf, he’s a knockin’,
knockin’ on my door.
“Go away – get!
Not buyin’ anymore.”

The wolf, he’s a knockin’,
thumpin’ on the door.
“Let me come in.”
Fear’s clawin’ at my spine.

He’s there a thumpin’,
thumpin’ on my heart.
“Go away – get!
There’s no handle anymore.”

He’s there a knockin’,
“Open-up fool,
Tis your soul’s Savior
knockin’ at your door.”

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About Chris Baldauf

Born-again Southerner, Chris grew up in Michigan and relocated with her husband, digging their way through snow banks until alligators halted their progress south. Chris possesses a B.A. in English from McNeese State University and a master’s degree in lying, the prerequisite of a good fiction writer.

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