From the corner my eye catches motion shadows objects object to light organize thoughts to catch hidden spectral figures peripheral vision recognizes image after image angels on my shoulders soldiers grave long since forgotten generations past death takes us all into night exactly no one knows remembers these young men pity me memory time comes to take the brave the few remain like me selfish shellfish lone crabs
manage to crawl sideways to scuttle with long claw held in defense to grasp enemy combatants to clinch sever in two cut a deep incision move side to side the length of the chessboard like rooks castles castle bolster old kings monarchs of crown scepter and orb possess nothing but their titles rest reinforcements come to relinquish weary warriors reverie yellows with time newsprint reminds victims of war why we fought honor stabs
front and center this heart with sword ancient benign two hands with crown to clasp over finger her heart my long lost bride native to the seashore mermaid redhead swam like a fish upstream the salmon run beside bare flesh to spawn gravel bedded to wed in June under new moon love organic vital enwrapped these bones in shawl to warm my final days the blood I shed I paid treasures obtained in war booty seized or stolen she swam away at dawn
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