Place Setting For One

How long had it been
    since his lips touched food
  Hallucinations parade before him
    fork and knife, wolf and lamb

  His arms outstretched
    chin devours the sand
  throat constricted, the flame flickers
    oozing blood, consumes a man
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Lamoureux Avatar
August 31, 2023 at 6:48 AM
This is a sad one. Our final place setting is always for one.
Wolf Avatar
August 31, 2023 at 7:28 PM
Yup. It sure is, Richard. Thanks for the comment, gw
Faulkner Avatar
August 30, 2023 at 9:14 PM
What a sad image, makes me think of an old man in a nursing home facing his last fight~
Wolf Avatar
August 31, 2023 at 7:32 PM
Whoa! That must be a zero-star nursing home! (Aren't they all?!)
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