Work by CL Bledsoe

  1. Watch

    Posted in Poetry, October 2009

    Take this watch. Weigh it. Open it, using what­ever tools are at hand, such as a small screw­driver. If you don’t have a screw­driver, try a but­ter knife. Be care­ful that you don’t scratch the back of the watch – this would lessen its resale value. If you have no but­ter knives, and you own pets, tie [...]

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  2. The Sea

    Posted in Poetry, October 2009

    This is a poem about the sea, the way water beads on naked skin, sand slips into crevices, irri­tates, rubs raw and clean even the places air rarely reaches. This is a poem about seabirds cry­ing lone­some in the dis­tance, even when they’re close by, float­ing on drafts of warmth over turgid waters towards the [...]

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