Dead Skin (2009)

Falls to the wind
Shedding our debts
Final payments met
these last pounds of flesh
Slidding like a snake
From under, sharp rocks
Refurbished, renewed
Lilly white with anticipation
New sun, new skin
New days, begin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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June 10, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Short-But says So Much:)
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