Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 06, 2026

Cuffs

By Wayne F. Burke

Cuffs

a steady drizzle of days
and hung-up
waiting for a future
to arrive
but
only more of the same
cold rain
and the circles the drops make
in the puddles
like hand-cuffs
to stick my wrists into
to keep from cutting.







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1 Reader Comment
Harris
12/23/2019
12:14:05 AM
Arresting image and theme..... circles and handcuffs and restraint, the cool of the water.
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