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The Skull

Long gone is the gristle.

In its place, an impossible

white smoothness.

The maggots and worms

have long since moved on.

Jutting from its eye sockets

thorny stems reach skyward.

At the top sit a pair

of blood red roses.

The skull, once hideous and

holding grim memory,

has since given back to the land.

In return the land pushed up

two beauties, epitomes of grace.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Inspired by a poster gifted to me by a good friend of a white skull with roses in its eyes.

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last updated 27 June 2018 - 11:34pm
©22 January 2014 - 7:43am — Sky
13 February 2014 - 4:12am — joshie
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epic, i love it

epic, i love it

15 February 2014 - 11:03am — Sky
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Thanks dude

Thanks dude

We'll just keep writing 'til there's nothing left to write.

We'll just keep waiting 'til they read all our works left to right.

23 January 2014 - 7:11am — PeterChristophe...
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Great twisty lines.  

Great twisty lines.

 

4 February 2014 - 7:33pm — Sky
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thanks man  

thanks man

 

We'll just keep writing 'til there's nothing left to write.

We'll just keep waiting 'til they read all our works left to right.

23 December 2014 - 2:08pm — allets
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what has"...long since moved on..."

is well preserved in poster and poem - Lady A
.

 

 

23 December 2014 - 5:52pm — Sky
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Poetry and Art, what would we

Poetry and Art, what would we do without them 

We'll just keep writing 'til there's nothing left to write.

We'll just keep waiting 'til they read all our works left to right.