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Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1294486
A confessional poem.
My clay heart echoes a thud
the hollow floor
assaulted by boot heels

Brittle vessels pump out
a river of ash
deep and thick as guilt

My Pompei dream
wraiths cast in dull silver
polishing only makes them crumble
swallowed by the corpse-grey tongue
lapping at my sanity
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