reflections b.a. hutchison

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Reflections
by B. A. Hutchison

Of the many tribulations
one will always be
on a threadbare bath mat
discolored under pale soles,
pained balls of your feet
and a heavy dislike for the signs
of all the walking you’ve done.

This is where you start thinking
of starting revolutions, of
“doing something about it”.
You’ll be thinking

but it is only a decayed brain cell
inside a desolate land
that hides ruin too well.
It still could be worse.

You’ve felt a little worse. You’ve seen
a lot. Worse – glimpsed hell in metal.
Upside down and tireless.
This is where you shed,
sometimes with blood.

This is only shiny bathroom tiles
and a yellowed bathtub
that needs re-caulking. This is
only a mirror room.

about the author // B. A. Hutchison

B. A. Hutchison (she/her) is a Dayton, Ohio resident who found her love of poetry fifteen years prior thanks to an eighth grade English teacher showing a great interest in her writing. She is a hospital pharmacy technician, chess enthusiast, and amateur vegan cook living out a beautifully creative life with her pottery-obsessed husband. Her work is mostly found on Instagram under the handle @fromtheastralplane and has been published in several anthologies including Jack Wild Publishing’s Spring Anthology and First Lines Poets Anthology.

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