Broken Necks

That problems of the mind 
are greater still 
more injurious
than a hundred 
broken necks.
Clothes 
smile
beating heart,
these things 
are only masks 
hiding the creature 
beneath.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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January 13, 2016 at 11:51 AM
Love the poem, it's deep. The form is Free verse... SKAT
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