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Friday, July 31, 2009

Two Souls, Hollowed out

Here's the seventh part of my poem cycle Two Souls, Twin Lives (the previous six can all be found on my eponymous Website).

VII. Hollow
By Francis Scudellari

Fed by over-ripe knowing
the cloying tastes
of acid hued morsels
shrivel and blanch
squeezed by hasty, restless
new appetites
and she-he's clasping hands
let seconds slip
tumbling to hollow thump
moss covered mounds
whose stretched backs pull the nose
with aromas
of more savory blood

2 comments:

Jane Doe said...

This is delightful, like all your work it is so vivid and vibrant. The words you choose are full and rich, it's absolutely wonderful!

Francis Scudellari said...

Thanks so much Jane... I obsess over word selection sometimes, so that's rewarding to read.