The Road 1

The road
is
       Death's open yawn
epicentre
of strange treaties-
mist of starched martyrs
in trajectory's startled
steep,
mangled contortions
in frozen screams
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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January 9, 2010 at 10:11 AM
You write with brillance and such intelligence...I admire your work very much, John. ~ Carrie
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