Cut outs

By Mark J. Mitchell

The hole is shaped

like your missing teapot

carved out of stiff paper,

white, one and one half

lifetimes ago. Shadow it

with your fingers

to draw the conclusions

of puppets.

Mark J. Mitchell was born in Chicago and grew up in southern California. He has published 2 novels and three chapbooks and two full length collections so far. @Mark J Mitchell_Writer