cage
finger through bars
touch the rising nose
the blindness
open a gate, reach in, contact
the softness
lift, cradle, stroke
the softness
the blindness
The desperation.
Bars, barriers: streets and oceans,
walls and wires, cars and satellites:
desperation.
Touch is not salvation.
soft fur is not salvation
but the eyes are, the voices are.
Yes the voices are.
First published in Pixel Papers
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