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Epistle Ii - the Art of Living
(I)
Each of my fingers,
like coiled spades
embellished with rust,
dig through
soiled tomes of
Greek epistles
Each line,
an epiphanic assault,
peeling away at the
obdurate scabs
perched on the surface
of my corroded casing,
revealing my
labyrinth layering,
my tellurian textures
(II)
Lo! change ambushes me
like an uncoiled
python sprawling
the naked
Amazonian earth
that slithers on its belly
before stretching itself
around me and
devouring me whole
(III)
In the
heat of contemplation,
I ponder
what vestige to
cling on to
before I ignite
the pyres of
my rickety boat
and bathe in the
silky spoilage of
my Patrician armor
(IV)
As I wear my insides
on the outside,
I gleefully toss
my life towards
the maws of
colosseum gladiators
a meager offering
to glean the art of living
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Shiraz Bautista
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