National Poetry Month Day 15: "Exercises in Breathing" by Kimberly Southwick

therumpus:

I.

knowing the rules is not enough. when it snows,
it doesn’t always mean it. when it snows, sometimes
it snows for the museums and sometimes it snows
for the papers and sometimes it snows for only
her majesty, the sea.

II.

following the rules is not enough. when he breathes—
remember this one…

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