The Dying Athour

Just this morning, my pen pile

And drifted into slumber

I saw shadows and shame

And,

Babies in the pool of tears

As,

Anarchy crawled in the wombs of his gun

Blood stooped and stumbled 

In between his skull

Conscripting his pen of puns

Thus,

Lowering his dust and shadow

To father-earth

In the agony of  eternal adventure

His  bones wept

Just this morning the author died.


Awoh Kingsley Awoh
September 8th 2012
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Dietrich Avatar
November 3, 2012 at 10:28 PM
so very sad. I just LOVE where this one took me!
A   Avatar
October 19, 2012 at 5:17 PM
wow...wow...i am speechless... wow... enigma in the making... of another life.. pd
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