Spanish Bullfighter

like a hot iron upon the palm
 i bullmark blackened charcoal
 to paper, searing each line as i write.

 the ring of a coffee mug on my journal
 turns pencil to spear coffee imprint 
to  dusty hoofprint.... 

and i am as a spanish matador cursing
 the majesty of the great beast.

 with its last threshold of a breath 
in the pastures of praise, percing 
its side with a number 2 pencil.
 so gently in it's ashen shore of flesh 
i die a little too....
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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