Not a Rainbow

here as in flood dress
beat his chain
savage on bare iron

he sang orgies
with prisms deep but
bloodless as a black whisper

his worn epic compels brevity
shadow language rending
repulsive beneath their lather

arcs glow and groan
the ground pulls cheers
a grave on two ends.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Dillon Avatar
November 17, 2017 at 5:25 PM
nice write.
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