Two Dozen

By: Isabelle Morgan

Twenty-Four

In two cartons of eggs

In two feet using inches

In a pack 

Minus four for some reason 

In a day counting hours

Inconsistently relating to 

The passage of time

Or carats of gold

Posing as a promise

A symbol that will

Eventually tarnish

Twenty-Four 

Signs saying I shouldn’t

Half real and the other stupid

Yet, I still want to try

Twenty Four

A slow-moving car

Or an Olympian running

But I walk

Twenty-four is an uneven

Place to find your way