Hell In Mind

It’s an exquisite,
excruciating, brilliant

Hell in which he lives

An agony, a
torture,
the finest steel badger’s trap

Deep inside

the arid zone

It’s a blasted, 
blighted,
bloated desert drought
filling his head
behind his eyes,

Alive only with
swirling-dervish dust-devils
and skeletal,
giant tumbleweeds

Attended only by
the incessant, bereft
and tortuous screams
of a burning, banshee wind
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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Smith-Johnsen Avatar
February 27, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Oops! I almost forgot to congratulate you on having your very special poem featured this week, Rebecca. Wow, it's a great one, too. I'm glad I didn't miss it. Smiles. (I must have been distracted by the first ever End Line Word member contest (my first sponsored contest…See my blogs for information.) Anyway, I didn’t want the week to pass without congratulating you. So, Congratulations!!! Lovingly, Dane Ann
Fraser Avatar
February 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Many congratulations to you for your poetry being featured on the Soups home page >> James
Brown Avatar
February 22, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Rebecca. May you have many more featured. Love, Carol
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February 21, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Good use of imagery and alliteration. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Wishing you continued success with your writing. Karen
Amero Avatar
February 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Excellent! Wonderful portrait of torment. Well done. Tony
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