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Cancer Our Task Master-

sweetcorn tied snug to a white pillar 
tobacco leaf em-prisoner of soul 
seasonal grey ragged tint 
cancer causer to rot 
a beady black eye 
the war tattoo 
calls bodies 
rusting 
grates 



7/1/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr.  ©2019
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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