By K. Keidel

AH POVERTIES, WINCINGS, AND SULKY RETREATS

AH foes have overcome me,
degradations,
dissatisfied friendships, and the sharpest
toil of choked articulations,
shallow the shallowest
broken resolution
yet
all
THOUGHTS
Of a calm and
pale face
stand helpless and exposed,
mumbling and screaming
and true

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foes and friends toil yet all stand screaming true)