The Wasteland

Inherited
 severance
The saddest
probate
A wasteland
of love
A garden
of hate

A dark
segregation
Divorced
in our bane  
To separately
 covet 
What little
— remains

(Dreamsleep: February, 2026)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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