Strikethrough Score #8

Strikethrough #8

I.

crinkly

italicized

winging

feet

and

fabric

torn

and

rolling

like

ants

full

of

dust

and

tumbling

like

weeds

what

if

the

embossed

glow

of

her

nylon

shorts

swished

a

midnight

blue

fire—her

leg

a

needle

in

the

hole

fine

tipped,

spindley

II.

crinkly

italicized

winging

feet

and

fabric

torn

and

rolling

like

ants

full

of

dust

and

tumbling

like

weeds

what

if

the

embossed

glow

of

her

nylon

shorts

swished

a

midnight

blue

fire—her

leg

a

needle

in

the

hole

fine

tipped,

spindley

omit symmetrical hands

insert sickled feet

insert finger sewing

insert walking increments

insert flower blossom

omit the question

insert lacklusterness

insert dawn

insert ash, insert bent knee

insert round body

III.

italicized

feet

full

of

dust

and

tumbling

her

shorts

swished

blue

in

the

hole

IV.

italicized

feet

full

of

dust

and

tumbling

her

shorts

swished

blue

in

the

hole

insert leaf blow

omit the unnecessary

insert dance with pants

omit ocean, insert canyon

V.

italicized

feet

tumbling

in

the

hole

Author

Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş •Instagram: @poeticabythebay

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