Cessation of Existance

What defines flow
to coffin from womb

am I a shell -
a cloak shrouding neon

or am I
an oyster 
devoid of pearl,
simply meat, drifting
between rock
and coral -

no divinity but squal for the sun.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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February 9, 2016 at 2:12 AM
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