Best Abstained Poems

Blame …   
deep and abiding
Praise …
a fleeting call
Infliction kills
affection shills 
Their contrast
casts a pall

One …
a timeless burden
The other …
flits away
Tomorrow’s pain
all joy abstained
Entrapped 
—where memories stay

(The New Room: December, 2023) 
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