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Rage of Innocence

rip your guts out 
scatter them into the wind
subsidize the pain, the humiliation
the bloodletting 
with wine, verse, and rhythm

spend the night 
beneath star filled skies
with the love of another
then deny the wrongdoing 
the aftermath 
under throes of interrogation 
and just maybe 
with a bit of favor
you might become
a poet

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 9/24/2017 4:48:00 PM
You are right! Many of my early poems were bursts of outrage, disappointment, anger instigated by broken promises by church, government family etc. A very insightful poem.
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Ronald A. Williams
Date: 10/14/2017 7:41:00 PM
Nice reflection and inflection.
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Ricky Muse
Date: 9/24/2017 9:35:00 PM
The question why be a poet led to this poem. Thanks for your input......................peace!

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