Immolatio

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 2018

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