We are nothing more
than the strain
of stone on stone.
Neither willing to yield,
so we exhaust ourselves
against each other
in the dark, pretend
we can be anything but
mountains.

Cadence Collective: Long Beach Poets
Featuring poets from and near Long Beach, California
We are nothing more
than the strain
of stone on stone.
Neither willing to yield,
so we exhaust ourselves
against each other
in the dark, pretend
we can be anything but
mountains.
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