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The Defrauding of the Worms
The ashes of the years diffuse in dust,
Their motes exuding mauvish glow
That alters gray to black.  But I’ve no trust
In Time, that cut-purse thief, who robs us so.
For, grave ward borne, my gathered decades shorn
From off my limbs, my soul but cuts adrift
And cheats...

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Categories: defrauding, faith
Form: Sonnet
The Defrauding of the Worms
The ashes of the years diffuse in dust,
Their motes exuding mauvish glow
That alters grey to black.  But I’ve no trust
In Time, that cut-purse thief, who robs us so.
For, graveward borne, my gathered decades shorn
From off my limbs, my soul but cuts adrift
And cheats the...

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© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defrauding, faith, hope, visionary,
Form: Sonnet

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