Two Horizontal Lines

By Haley McShane




Two horizontal lines

Numbers on each side.


Woman and man

Of little money

and much-

Equal.


Souls from blistering Georgia heat

Unknown jungles of the Amazon

Lively European metropolis-

Balance.


Unkempt rags lugged through polluted water,

Greedy diamond pendants pepper palaces-

Levelled.


The world will wallow until

the drawbridge lowers at dusk.



Haley McShane is a writer living in Massachusetts. She writes poetry, short stories, and freelance articles. Haley writes for Kingston Living magazine, a local periodical about the town of Kingston, MA. She covers local businesses, news, and events in the community. Haley's work has also appeared in The Boston Globe, Best4Bunny magazine, and online publications. Between 2012-2014, she wrote for her college newspaper The Mainsheet at Cape Cod Community College. Haley is a dynamic writer, weaving expository and creative styles in her work.

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