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By
Rick Davis
45
your mind is a deep dark rotting kettle
and birdless sky.
peaceful labyrinths cry.
you are a spoiled onion
with no act of contrition.
you are old salt
thrashing out loving bee-keepers.
your god wears a tattered coat.
there are rancid legions at your heel.
perpetual darkness devours Light.
lovingly, our beloved youth
wear white lace
with little to hide
and everything to gain.
Rick Davis
Rick Davis is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University, and several graduate programs. He is married, and has over 700 published poems.