Anna Cates

The Snare

"Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothers with bricks of religion."
        — William Blake

a dimpled chin / a little sin . . .
he arrived on time / in hand a dime
entered the gate / not too late!
opened the door / longing for more
climbed spiral stairs / going somewhere?
raised the blinds / not too unkind
yet darkness fell / an unexpected spell
home again / a journey’s end

    rabbit trap
    amid the mandrake
    stooped enchantress

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About the Author

Anna Cates lives in Wilmington, Ohio, with her two beautiful kitties, Freddie and Fifi. She teaches college writing and literature and graduate education as an online instructor. Her collections include The Meaning of Life and The Frog King (Cyberwit Press), The Darkroom (Prolific Press), The Golem & the Nazi (Red Moon Press), and Love in the Time of Covid (Wipf & Stock).