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Blood Stains


Compelled to fight dirty,

in attempts to stay clean

The shadows conscripted,

clandestine and mean

Surprise as an ally,

you stalk and you spy

To vanquish the monster

—declawed and defied

 

(Villanova Chapel: December, 2021) 

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