Epitome

Epitome

My doctor said

I should lift

weights

to build

my strength

but

I heard that

butterflies

in the Amazon

sit on the faces

of crocodiles/

drink

their tears

to

glean the salt.

Man,

I want to learn

how to be

as bad-ass

as that

Carla M. Cherry

Carla M. Cherry is an English teacher and poet. She has been published in Anderbo, For Harriet, Obscura, Dissident Voice, Random Sample Review, Eunoia Review, MemoryHouse Magazine, Down In The Dirt, In Between Hangovers, Picaroon Poetry, Firefly Magazine, and Ariel Chart. She has published four books of poetry with Wasteland Press: Gnat Feathers and Butterfly Wings, Thirty Dollars and a Bowl of Soup, Honeysuckle Me, and These Pearls Are Real.