Pain Killer

A city dies in me
anacephalic.
A white sheet spreads/
blinding.

You don’t feel the epidural.
Untitled, death walks/
like a whore/
contamination of inbreeding.

Recycled pain
hurts again. You want
to give a stillbirth
over the dense-packed nettle.

First birthday of a dream.						


SATISH VERMA
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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February 27, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Thank you for sharing your poetry with us Satish. I enjoyed reading your excellent poetry today. Will be back another day to read more. Love, Carol
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