Worker o'th'month

Recumbant redundancy 
Came t'coil and careen 'round the rails of goosen flesh heels
Strained the frame of my mortal fallibility 
And estranged mine name from the cankering collage of mine colleagues in arms
'ggressively agrieved mine mantled place and mounting crown
That hath e'er now oxidise down the stairs of mine life

Racked mine train and affronted frame of thought
For one was reticent in their regiment 
Now, e'er dulled thee t'the dole,
O dewy-doe eye'd,
Such shall surely swallow thee whole

Haunted to pleasantries, t'the gaunt face before thee
None graver than the ashen grave 'fore I 
Ghoulishly reposed, to enclose and envelope,
My writing hand loosen'd in a lousy attempt,
To evade, to prolificate, and feed the face of the market rate.

And with a bow, I shall forsake my latent escape
And one shall take their monthly crown, without rebate.

21//12//25
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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