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Preying Within


Detached from my consciousness,

the monster attacked

 

Feasting first on my memory,

the front then the back

 

Now living inside me,

all day turns to night

 

Connection—rejection,

devouring the light

 

(Radnor Pennsylvania: November, 2020)

 

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