Faulted Lines
Poetry ...
the desperate
exercise
of the socially wracked
Feigning with
words
what their confidence
lacks
Imploring
the reader
to embrace
and befriend
One step
from the needle
the bullet
— the end
(Rereading Kerouac: November, 2025)
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