love letters written in blood,
bed sheets stained by passion.
medals won, cars, and scars…
houses built by calloused hands,
graves dug by the same hands!
eulogies written in small town papers…
all thrown into the fire…
feed the flames!
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chained down, spread-eagled,
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shall thy heart then remain infusable?
in spun glistening webs,on nuclear mornings in astral glory…as the rogue butterfly fellates,the flower bloomed out of season…without need for recitation!nebulous vultures march in severed cadence,wearing boots sewn of human flesh…leaving tiny fractures in the soul of god,be it history or destiny!you cry for wars in dread of silence,justice hangs from sterile trees.the hungry child’s…