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Ship of Theseus

By Ryan Skarphol

As I reached into

My pencil case

To make a note in

The margins of a book                         [ which I never used to do]

I felt a rotten plank

Drop out of my heart

And a new board

Slot right in.

Your name was

Written on it

In blue ink.

 

Ryan J. Skarphol is a queer poet from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is currently attending the University of Minnesota, Duluth for English and Journalism.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Fall Poems 2021

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