The Whiskey Taster’s Flavor Guide

Tonight We Burn

The host charms and beguiles 
Whatever leaves
Goes in orange flames 
And nine-inch smut tags
Can we burn away the one 
Consume the lost, the hollow
Change in time
All the same 
The ashes cleanse
Leaving behind an imperfect duality
A new founding
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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