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Baubles 
by Alex Grehy

Don’t call them baubles

.

It upsets them, a name so 

trivial, though they are pretty

enough to be mistaken for trinkets

.

Call them…eggs

.

They like that, a label full of

potential, their lights pulse

like throbbing golden yolks

.

Don’t call them globes

.

it makes them fret, hints of a wider

world trigger disturbing memories of

an existence less constrained

.

Call them…cocoons

.

They love that, a salve of

comfort with the hope of

growth and transformation

.

Don’t call them cages

.

Their brightness is fueled

by their yearning for freedom

though that can never be.

.

Call them…imagos

.

Sulky souls are dreary, let their 

wild visions of release brighten 

Hell up, it’s a holiday after all.

.

Fiction © Copyright Alex Grehy
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

More from author Alex Grehy:

After a lifetime of writing technical non-fiction, Alex Grey is fulfilling her dream of writing poems and stories that engage the reader’s emotions. Her work has been featured by a wide range of publications including Siren’s Call, Raconteur, Bookends Review, and Toasted Cheese. One of her comic poems is also available via a worldwide network of public fiction dispensers managed by French publisher, Short Edition. Her ingredients for contentment are narrow boating, greyhounds, singing and chocolate. It is a sweet life, yet Alex’ original view of the world has led to her best friend to say ‘For someone so lovely, you’re very twisted!

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