Crumpled Roses

dripping
from his 
book of poems
bleeding red petals 
from too many
crumpled roses

he thought he never
found his love

morning sun
stretches
through his window
pounds the face
of the Peloncillos

early birds
from 
empty trees
reach out
 
while a parade of 
sighs 
knifes down the road

he tried not to
write her into
his stitched-up
Frankenstein 
heart

poor baby

another
crumpled rose 
bleeding 
from his book of poems
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