Gwen Campbell
I Wish For Wings
I wish for wings
The arboreal touch
Of silk on flesh
Of genes recombinant
Of flight and power.
No one the wiser
As I fold them
And hide
The pinions of my power
From the world’s waking eyes
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Gwen Campbell is a poet from Pennsylvania, ponders, pays it forward, and likes alliteration. It’s also a pseudonym for Wendy S. Delmater (we were short on poetry for that issue!)
Poem © 2007 Gwen Campbell. All other content copyright © 2007 ByrenLee Press
Copyrighted by the author unless otherwise noted.
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