Shared Ladder

by The Hearth Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

One steadies the ladder. One climbs. One reads the instructions that both were sure they remembered. The shelf leans left. They start again. By evening the books stand level, the spare screws have a labeled jar, and neither person claims this would have been faster alone. Some victories are measured by what does not fall.
55 words · 12 lines · Free Verse
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