Bristles | JD DeHart - Contemporary Poetry Website Featuring Notable Poems

Bristles | JD DeHart

Creature with an underside
made of moving parts,
bristles make patterns in sand
spelling words only animals
know, we sell their shallow
outlines in shops, ringing bells
signaling our entrance, a quick
swipe and we can take one home
without an idea of how it looks
when living and mobile.