Trash Collector

The corrosion of caring creeps up at last,
Rust all around your heart
As flakes of red-brown flutter, powdering down,
Filling the scavenger cart
Of ashes and dust from the past.
It rolls away, fickle and fast.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Foulk Avatar
March 31, 2011 at 7:37 AM
a very creative piece of poetry
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