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a hunger feeds upon the dead

this is what I’ve become
a remnant
a scrap of flesh
vomited to the grass
dark clouds swirl
above a dry earth
there was only
then not
ideals constrained
in ambition
or lust
became decorations
along a rope
used to tie my heart
to a dead tree
broken in wind’s indifference

(October 23, 2015)