Cafeteria

Patiently waiting in a line
eyeballed an wary
harsh barking of subterranean cultures
standing weary and inured
to the rotten
fug
the rotten
oxygen

inside the high walls and wire, the weighted stone of
the convicted

existing like convicts
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Dietrich Avatar
October 25, 2014 at 3:14 PM
came back to see your very first post. I really like this. It makes the reader feel weighted like a convict would feel!
Miers Avatar
October 25, 2014 at 6:34 PM
thank you. I enjoy your work tremendously. I am flattered.
Andresen Avatar
November 20, 2013 at 2:49 PM
- A deep and well written poem, Michael - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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