Forsaken
Forgotten lie the graves of the forsaken,
long unremembered, strangled
by the grasses of neglect.
Misbegotten, forever mute they fester,
worm-mingled, mercy less,
without a vestige of respect.
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...an exercise in assonance and alliteration
Copyright © Keith Bickerstaffe | Year Posted 2016
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