Saturday, August 25, 2012

Chancre

We rot
and shed our ambitions
in mangy, leprous strings;
Flaking putrescent failure
couched in lofty dreams and pretty, painted sentiment.
Each successive step
yields a complimentary wound –
A festering chancre
which stains,
scars,
then fades with time.
Lost to memory,
Hidden from sight;
Covert
and waiting.
Insidious
Infectious
Pernicious





2 comments:

  1. I really like that one. As much as we recover from life's ass-kickings - there is always the bleeding of old wounds.

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  2. Indeed! Thanks for the comment, my friend.

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