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The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
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#1086258 added March 31, 2025 at 6:22am
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Sun-Dried
Sun-Dried

Food of the adequately toothed
biltong or what they call jerky here
salted and hung out to dry
in the merciless heat of the drought
shrivelled and hardened these strips
like bark wrenched from a tree
the meat now mummified and stringy
yet tasty beyond expectation.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 03.31.25
Prompt: Write a sun-dried poem.
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