Beast of Burden

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6/26/2025 for The World Is Bleeding Poetry Contest sponsored by Sara Jama

The earth, the population's burden's beast - we take its flesh, its skin, and blood and bones. We fight for its spoils. Terror is unleashed. We have graduated from throwing stones - mankind, once a hope, soon to be deceased. Can you hear the hot, fevered beast's last moans? Beneath our planet's provident blue sky, we'll kill ourselves before the beast can die.

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/27/2025 11:48:00 AM

Interesting lines for the contest. It reads like a good contender to me. Way to go. Thank you for sharing it with us. Sara K

David Crandall
Date: 6/27/2025 7:29:00 PM

Thanks Sara!