Word Massacre

Ravagers of Poesy,
 spear points of denial

Mongol hordes of fancied verse,
spewing dense and vile

Free words they herd together,
to drive toward a cliff

Trampled once they hit the ground
—by verbal hippogriffs

(Buffalo Jump-Sheridan Wyoming: July, 2019)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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