Crystal Night

the darkness pumps steps
down smoke streets, burning
light features the

cow-eyed, the clamped jaws
and forced laughter of those
with bent souls,

we are past all words, thought
is trapped in brown amber,
the night creeps round each corner
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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September 18, 2016 at 6:18 AM
Deep, beautiful images ... Very well written ...
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