Dead Man's Hobby
Alcohol Does Not Create Great Family Memories
A drink to end day
toasting life
buried with bottle
six feet below a shifting earth
time standing still
for a cold corpse
a bugger's begging
feeding a frenzied circle
of frantic scavengers
under rank soil.
Published by shane durbec
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Post a CommentI love the depth of this one!