Bag Of Mice - A poem by Nick Flynn


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Nick Flynn - Bag Of Mice

I dreamt your suicide note
was scrawled in pencil on a brown paperbag,
& in the bag were six baby mice. The bag
opened into darkness,
smoldering
from the top down. The mice,
huddled at the bottom, scurried the bag
across a shorn field. I stood over it
& as the burning reached each carbon letter
of what you'd written
your voice released into the night
like a song, & the mice
grew wilder.

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Poet: Nick Flynn Poem: Bag Of Mice Volume: Some Ether Year: Published/Written in 2000 Poem of the Day: Sep 14 2011 Comment 14 of 14, added on May 27th, 2013 at 2:09 PM. JwdLhpTgqsShZdtHGpx uqV5Yy Very informative blog post. Keep writing. seo service from Denmark Comment 13 of 14, added on May 27th, 2013 at 10:30 AM. vocYZgupIruEqoxGSs F9t5Ug Looking forward to reading more. Great post.Thanks Again. Cool. seo service from Grenada Comment 12 of 14, added on May 25th, 2013 at 2:17 PM. FptBesxdSSxJH vjRdsT Very neat post.Much thanks again. Cool. good seo from Colombia More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Bag Of Mice, has received 14 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

Poem Info
Poet: Nick Flynn Poem: Bag Of Mice Volume: Some Ether Year: Published/Written in 2000 Last read: 2013-06-18 06:05:49 Poem of the Day: Sep 14 2011 Viewed 3982 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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