Callie Carroll - Supplicant Arms

Freckled arms
long and lean
soft and supple
Wiping crumbs from messy tables,
Smoothing wrinkles from sloppy beds
Gathering dust from shadowy corners
Busy, busy, never still.

Freckled arms
beseechingly buoyant,
drifting, drifting
on soothing water-
Finally calm,
finally still.
Pale, cool arms
and a peaceful ride,
Calm and still
on a bittersweet tide.

Callie Carroll

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