warm fluid trickles
over body slick
and porous
glistening like dew
on the edge
of twilight
supple skin rises
through viscous blood
and the crackle
of bone
lives, dies, then
sloughs away
Organic
warm fluid trickles
over body slick
and porous
glistening like dew
on the edge
of twilight
supple skin rises
through viscous blood
and the crackle
of bone
lives, dies, then
sloughs away
This is oddly delicious!
Anna :o]
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Thanks, Anna. And thanks for visiting!
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kind dark. total destruction in the end, though it comes to all.
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Yep, that’s the cycle of life. Hope you’re doing well, Brian.
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I love the poem, and the photo is a perfect complement. Both the dichotomy of dark & light.
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