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Bloodletting


Real poets don’t make lasting friends

they shun fraternity

Their truth like gritty sandpaper

abrasive when intoned   

The reader may be gratified 

with what the words uncover

More likely though the pain involved

— will cut them to the bone

 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024) 

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