Jessica L. Morris

Instead of a grand 
POP
that provides space
for immediate relief,
my balloon 
has
been 
slowly 
leaking
stale air
for endless days
drawn-out months
tedious years…

This season of seemingly incessant waiting 
makes me wonder – 
just how much hot air
can one ego transmit? 


*With thanks to the Gospel of Thomas, Logion 81