Violent Peace
Shame holds me to her breast
where she smooths my cheek with callused fingers
her smiling gums pulled back against rotting teeth.
At last I pull the cord
on the flashing neon sign that keeps score
and my successes and my failures take rest.
Shame holds me to her breast
where she smooths my cheek with callused fingers
her smiling gums pulled back against rotting teeth.
At last I pull the cord
on the flashing neon sign that keeps score
and my successes and my failures take rest.
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