Boardwalk Bonfire

      Build the storm-brought wood till its right to burn
      -A civilization, an amended word;
      Completion and destruction turn
      A dead-end rhyme as mated words.
5     The long matchstick cracks, a broken finger,
      A wail to salt the self-subsuming wood;
      -As if no injury could make ginger
      Our conscience to aid the good.
      I know myself, and play my hand
10    Shadowless in the flame and briny fire
      Until a new pink hurt like stinging sand
      Bids hand withdraw, and I perspire.

 

From the collection "The Timid Leaper"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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