the taught red skin wrapped her wrist like a ribbon;
dim and so trimmed with disease.
all bruised from a blood-let cephalic incision;
she's thinned out and gnashing her teeth.
departed in sin, packing cyst into vision;
the brim is now flavored with grease.
knee waning ceases along with derision;
nodes flare and impair with a seize
the solemn defend what is friend to infliction-
a pick to their interlude fevered condition-
it's pierced with precision all cinched by collision;
efficient it crimps where she bleeds.
a lachrymose feed into feral rescission;
omniscient it pins down the seams
Children of China
David J Walker
When left to their own devices
The vise and the vices come out
And Catch both witless and wise
In clamps and crimps and cramps in the
Hard and darkened damp
Of a shade from the foreign Gamp made
and shipped by children of China
who claim all rights to name
the moon and Ursa Minor with
An option for the sun
When left to their own devices
The witless and wisest
Sit side by side in priceless pride
And the cheapest priced prizes
In an anniversary party as the
Sun Also Set Rises
In the west
At first he takes your hand
Leads you gently across the sand
Takes his time in his long stride
As you consider him a friend
In thoughts of younger days
He seems to stand in place
With knowing smile he crimps your style
As you have no need to wait
Then in the blinking of an eye
Time quickly slides you by
Now holding hands in the swirl of quicksand
Too many questions as to why
Coming to the age old turn
Finding you're too far immersed
And the crooked line with father time
Has finally run its course
This is for you, my precious swain
Sorry for the occasional bad grains
Despite all the different crimps
Glad we're still strong on our limbs
Remember that big major mistake?
Deep down in my roots they still shake
Now we live in the presence of the dark
A difficult route we must embark
Hold on strong, I will you please
Soon with time they'll be appease
The lies and sins that I had made
Wishing only that fear will fade
I always knew love is all around
with you, I feel my strength abounds
The eyes you gave is so defined
It unbinded my once blinded mind.
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