The Enemy Within

If conflict is human,
is violence a game

The law of the jungle
by some other name

A mortal endeavor,
to choose when we fight

With nature in judgment
—the wrong from the right

(Wayne Pennsylvania: August, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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