Burnt Verse: Patchwork

A glowering patchwork of a man
          Chin like the Yucatan
Edges his oak-soaked way toward me
          Imitating nightmares
Bitter cedar emanating from him
          In cringing solvent snares

On his lips is a fusion of shame
          In cauterising flame
Falling porcelain leaves surround us
          Autumn exudes the past
The fugue of memory no chasm
          Our speech returns at last
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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November 29, 2014 at 3:14 PM
- Great and touching written - well done Dan! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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