By Keith Liggett

the click imperceptible
and the key arcs
leaving a ring
silently in the water below
our ringless hands entwined

and later
years later
remembering the click
no longer imperceptible
the pan in a bear trap
unseen unaware
inescapable

now
one leg
still chained
scribing a circle
bare dirt
devoid of vegetation
scrubbed clean of life

Keith Liggett has a writing career with one foot in the literary and the other seeking a different angle within traditional journalism. Read more from Keith here.

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