Artery Severed

By Reid Laurence

Artery severed

From the mother

Who tore it?

As none other

Who ripped it?

Asunder

Was it you? Was it me?

By whose hand and in vain

Now blood spills

And in pain

Silent writhing

Undue shame

Just to boil

Precious contents

Put each barrel

Into pockets

Trading changers

Live to shock us

To deny the truth

And block us

Where to go?

What to do?

Must we wreck our mother too?

The only one we ever knew

They swear to love

But only slew

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