Look it in the Mouth by Katie Gilmour

One Poem Only · Jul 5, 2025 · 1m

Look it in the Mouth

Katie Gilmour

all I really want

is for you to make me

something only you can make

let it be a chore

let it take hours

let your back give out later

because of the way you had to stand

learn a craft for years

or even as a child

and then when I ask you for it

give it to me

carve the wax

pour the gold

pull the trigger

cut around those little feet

and peel the skin

pick up that pencil

and draw and write me

words that are true

give me the stories

you have kept

from me

before you die

and take them

all with you

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