When Ben visited
\nwe ate cheese from the rind
\nand he stored his guitar.<\/p>\n
For weeks it lay such that
\nmy door, flung open,
\nmissed it
\nby mere
\nmm.<\/p>\n
Tonight
\non a whim
\n(ineptitude be damned)
\nI played Ben\u2019s guitar,
\nand stowed it further from the door.<\/p>\n
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PETER JICKLING<\/strong> is a playwright, poet and journalist from Whitehorse, Yukon. His play, Syphilis: A Love Story<\/em>, premiered in 2011 and won Best Comedy at the 2013 Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival<\/a>. His first poetry collection is forthcoming from Guernica Editions<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Ben visited we ate cheese from the rind and he stored his guitar. For weeks it lay such that my door, flung open, missed it by mere mm. Tonight on a whim (ineptitude be damned) I played Ben\u2019s guitar,… Continue Reading
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