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A LATE OCTOBER
dahlia pinks
a gray road
that death walks on
looking for flowers.
He steps closer.
His icy grip clutches.
So it blooms,
fiercely
and perfectly.
© Kenneth Pobo
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press) and Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers). His work has appeared in Asheville Poetry Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Amsterdam Quarterly, Nimrod, Mudfish, Hawaii Review, and elsewhere.
Even death likes flowers.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know death could make flowers bloom - love the idea!
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