Those Who Can'T

Tin cup of criticism
hollow and blue
Empty aspersions
poison the brew

Its venom unasked for
distilling in pain
Opinion left rancid
—acidic and vain

(The New Room: November, 2021)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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