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Afterglow

Simply Savagely Scathing,  
Your words how they bleed 
Spewing bitter astringent, still 
Assimilated by a voracious, vampiric me.

You-
Dictate, Mandate, and Inundate 
Like an immortal; 
Dispensing positional orders.
With acrid tones, and
Gaslight  Introductions.
Direct the Directives Direction 
Push an Inclination infection.
Insult my habitation, 
Maliciously.

But listen-
All that Vicious Talk 
And rhetorical,
vanilla-scented chalk
Can't hide your Sinister hating.
Marinette ain't making it,
Imitating ain't emulating-

 It's Shallow, !

Now I see you got that Odious Itch, 
To graduate from shallow up to diabolical,
But-
Your Depraved Turpitude 
Will seep through,
Sickly sticky, Inky Black,
Staining your Masquerade 
with Acidic Plaque

So while you're up on your
Sky High Equine-
Trying to shove me down into a crack,
Exert control,
or twist the facts-
Before you 
Disparage me, Embarrass me
Humiliate me,
Or kick me when I'm down.
You'll see me smile 
While you query "why?" with a frown
And although you tried 
To extinguish my light,
Fray my Line and,
Take my confidence might,
You'll see me shine. 
Feel my flow and
Freedom of mind.
As I bask in a fledgling afterglow.
I might not be great 
But I know,
I'm good, like-
 Brand new, breakthrough, 
Tight grain, Rock Bamboo.
Definitely, Definitively  good enough,
To be better than you.

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Copyright © James Hamilton | Year Posted 2021


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