A hollow monument
Constructed in
Honor of my memory
The only evidence
I forgot
Is carefully archived
Forever locked away
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Hand-built in the
Once lush grove of
Now deceased
Rotting mango trees
Slowly poisoned from the root
Tears aren't enough to
Sustain life
Let along encourage growth
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A stone spire erected of
Massive marble puzzle pieces
Set into the surface of the
Groaning earth
Interlocking
Piercing the atmosphere
Peak peering down from the
Wheezing clouds above
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Moments and thoughts acceptable
Mill about the expansive entrance
The click of stiletto heels
Echoing
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The higher you ascend
The more horror and depravity
Densely packed
Labeled and stacked
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These files aren’t arranged alphabetically
Instead, they’re filed
According to level of terror and threat
From the outside
This is just another
Marble edifice
A mausoleum, not even
I enter or leave
Where bats nest and feed
In its overgrown eaves
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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Name: Husk Dancers Physical Characteristics: Husk Dancers sport a head and body made of underdeveloped fruit, arms and legs often made of stems or twisted vines, and clothing like lacy ballooning dresses and billowing robes made of the oversized husk.
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A lot of memories to think about, and I liked the inverse echoing