The Bull

The bull who pulls the cart each day
Weary tired bones decay
Worked to death in the beating sun
decomposition  has begun

 a shell; an empty beaten shell
walking empty with his cart
forever dragging its load behind
societies brilliant work of art
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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