Plague

beak
of the plague mask
    lest I smell
your rotting bodies
    strewn
I smell your crosses
  daub your doors
I smell your corpses
  pile your carts
I smell your fires
  flame your dead
I smell you earth
  and weep for you
    cried moon
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Rodrigues Avatar
April 3, 2024 at 5:30 AM
the moon sees all the horrible things done at night or revealed under its glow. horror of horrors… well depicted
Culverhouse Avatar
April 3, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Thanks Kim and thanks for reading
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