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seed begging bread
for when you die
a piece of me
lies in the ground
and though i live
the missing bit
cannot be found.
the bread on which
i gorge myself
sweet on my tongue
turns bitter still
down in my craw
for i am wrong
to blind my eye
while hunger eats
the flesh of men
so destitute
among the thorns
beasts in a pen.
the silken gowns
that gird my loins
so delicate
still naked leave
my erring soul
Illiterate
if other men
must turn to rags
their bare backsides
seed begging bread
while opulence
in fashions hides.
if they should drown
in negligence
beneath their thirst
or crumble sick
on lonely roads
of mercy cursed,
then let me die
and let them live
above the ground.
let bread be found
where i have lost
my conscience sound..
i fast that feast
days in their reach
may feed the faint
while hunger for
the love of man
make me a saint.
© Copyright 2023 September 07
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
a piece of me
lies in the ground
and though i live
the missing bit
cannot be found.
the bread on which
i gorge myself
sweet on my tongue
turns bitter still
down in my craw
for i am wrong
to blind my eye
while hunger eats
the flesh of men
so destitute
among the thorns
beasts in a pen.
the silken gowns
that gird my loins
so delicate
still naked leave
my erring soul
Illiterate
if other men
must turn to rags
their bare backsides
seed begging bread
while opulence
in fashions hides.
if they should drown
in negligence
beneath their thirst
or crumble sick
on lonely roads
of mercy cursed,
then let me die
and let them live
above the ground.
let bread be found
where i have lost
my conscience sound..
i fast that feast
days in their reach
may feed the faint
while hunger for
the love of man
make me a saint.
© Copyright 2023 September 07
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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