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Poetry of Issue 9: Journey of Fire

Journey of Fire

Fearing meat with blood still intact

Washed profusely in time to proffer others,

Jealousy dingline out another for censure,

The slammed door recanting at another light.

Spoken through literature a common slight

Intermediate phases clang the unnecessary

Leaving out of turn, watched through derision

Cheerfully working through these paper darts.

Feminist recollections, outspoken from type

The jagged skyline caught still on preparation

For a song’s eye, leering on the job

Catatonic friendship going through perdition.

Life can only hold so much, blowing apart the

Holding by the wall, an entitled scare,

Grappling with prayers on death, a social time

Proffering alcohol into seclusion, a hardy soul.

Knowing when to keep quiet, gone incognito

Watching fun from the outside, stock of sense,

Entertainment calls over catatonic readings,

Pretending these friends can coldly follow.

These rotten speakings gone into a gun-toting expression

Just saying placards hoping against hope

Glass cutting glass, no evidence of a diamond

The online heartbeat gone in a second.

by Patricia Walsh

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