Member-only story
Pickpocket
1 min readAug 21, 2019
all these
pickpocket words
gathered like cards
and stowed away things
now bottled
on a shelf
as leverage
deprived of purpose
how time empties
secrets of their substance
and other hidden meanings
Written by Michelle Lauren
Poet, digital artist, and editor of The Sonder Script. Looking for the ways words catch like silver in the rain. Writer for Lit Up, Start It Up & The Shortform.