Broken Record

By Virginia Laurie

There are some 
lives I can’t hop 
over, puddle-words 
&
things: fried 
oysters & 
hummingbirds. The cats of course,

So many 
pulse-holders.

Virginia Laurie studies English at Washington & Lee University. She has published in Apricity Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal, Phantom Kangaroo, Cathexis Northwest Press, and more. Find her online at virginialaurie.com.

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