Tuesday, September 16, 2025

What, if not

 What, if not, the tender 

tendrils of the night-blooming

jasmine to take away 


the hideous gaptoothed 

face of a winter witch; 

the siren song of 


hate the runs so cold

beneath the iceberg of

liberty and freedom --  


We are owed nothing 

and must rest on the 

shoulders of the dead 


who would no longer 

fight of us, even if we 

were alive, a pact with 


a past so far forgotten 

that even the speed 

of death has capitulated. 

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