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Possessed.(Poem)

Quadrant

| November 01, 2002 | Jagger, Helen | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
POSSESSED 
 
   I witnessed our world shrink in kaleidoscopic 
   frenzy, the cacophony of voices 
   each struggling to be heard above the rest. 
 
   My tongue became wood. 
 
   A small, smooth shaving that grew and grew 
   into a twig, a branch sprouting leaves, 
   then a trunk, rooted deep ...
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