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Bloodletting

Real poets don’t make lasting friends
they shun fraternity
Their truth like gritty sandpaper
abrasive when intoned   
The reader may be gratified 
with what the words uncover
More likely though the pain involved
— will cut them to the bone

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm

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