Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Obsolescence


The rose reached for life
            through the shattered
                        back glass

            Its petals celebrating
                        sentience
                                    in the landfill of corrosion,
                        metal burning          
                        in lost vanity

Rose thorns delicate
            against shards
                        of glass,
                                    residue of middle-class
                        standards of safety

The rose
            its halting beauty
                        indomitable
            blood-red
                        accenting untended
                                    greys and greens
                                                of loss.
                                                

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