Monday, February 1, 2021

The Prematurely Oblong Mouth

 


Prematurely Edgar


I have no mouth

But I must scream

The sci-fi author said


You have sewn shut

That orifice

And left me without words


You’ve laid me out

And nailed me in

Then set me 6 feet down


The oblong box

Both cold and dark

Became my fate unmourned


Yet here you are

In rage and pain

Am I to rise and speak?


I do not know

Nor yet do you

Or even if I can


Once premature

And now too late?

I would do what I can





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