Immolantis

Raw and uncut, the Poet
  sharpened his edge

His entry point targeted,
  fury bright red

The first cut the deepest,
  and clean to the bone

A wound bleeding freely
   —all sutures unknown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Ravidas Avatar
April 25, 2019 at 8:21 AM
Artistic scarring adorns the poet)
Behm Avatar
April 25, 2019 at 8:27 AM
Amen, Kurt
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