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Kathryn Merry

October 26, 2022

It takes so little is the thing -

so little

just a muscle or two, some bird thin bones -

to slide so much past glassy eyes

it’s rhythmic

soothing even

except for the shallow breathing

slight grimace

passive paddling thumb

you might appear asleep

at the screen

still driving,

numb to the speed

on the slow drip

of a micro dope hit

it takes so little -

this hypnosis

so little to go nowhere

and get lost

Kathryn Merry was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and spent most of her adult life as an actress based in New York. She is currently living and writing in North Texas with her young family and rascal dog Ralph. Her poetry was featured in 'Soul Art Renewal' by the Greater Denton Arts Council and published by the Denton Poets Assembly in When Poets Meet Poets: A Read and Respond Anthology.