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Impaled Again

A sword slices through empty space, the air bleeding as sutures trace To pierce not once but pierce again, your breath scarlet, its stain portends A breeze sharpens—all time erupts, seasons hemorrhage and flow corrupt The wind incited—torn by pain, truth the loser, impaled again (Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)

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Date: 9/21/2019 11:07:00 AM
I love the imagery: "A sword slices through empty space, the air bleeding as sutures trace." Fantastic line. I'm having trouble though with the plot of the poem. Is it about telling lies? "truth the loser, impaled again" is "truth" the "your" in "your breath scarlet?"
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Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 9/21/2019 12:20:00 PM
Hi Robert and thanks for reading. I never explain but your take on the poem is 'right on.' Kurt

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