Recursive Damage

Pain Given Equals Livin'

Photo by Polina Smelova: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-a-crying-baby-9964585/ | Alterations by David C. Roberson

Recursive Damage
11/16/2005
David C. Roberson

Gleaming spittle
from the orifice.
Blood-laced,
laced-up,
tied tight:
A man's fight.

Singing kitten,
wooden fence.
Tiny splinters,
splintered paw.
New song.
Joy is gone.

Glammed-up pauper
in the mirror.
Illusion shattered.
Shattered glass.
Glass slipper,
maiden's whimper.

Crying baby
in my ear.
Tears abundant.
A bundle of pain.
Pain given
equals livin'.

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