The Crime of Poetry
The tongue
Like the pen
Or the key board
Or the type writer
Will
sooner or later
become a gun
Aimed at the heart
Always ready to go off.
When it does
You must learn to call the lightless room of the soul
A natural home
Or lose your name in the felony of art.
Copyright © Matthew Abuelo | Year Posted 2016
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