Little dove
Just wanting
To be a person
Pursuers
Not wanting her
To rise above
Aloft now
They’ve made her
More than
And themselves
“The Students”
Less than
For it all
Must add up
To zero
© E R Olsen
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E R Olsen writes poetry and practices law in Nevada, in the U.S., where he lives with his wife and four children. His poems have appeared in several U.S. journals, most recently in Viking.
