Tristan Robert Lange
Fortress of Mountains
surrounded by a fortress of
towering mountains
rocky and jagged
teeth for a face
yet evergreen
guarded
at the base,
the isolation
here
is
breath-
taking.
sadly there is
no
such
solitude
not for me
a cursed carnival carnivore
perpetually parlayed by people
pompously pushing
their agonizing
agendas
against
me
i am trapped within
a heart-shaped
sarcophagus
made out
of cold
steel
bars
hidden away
not protected
by a fortress of mountains
shunned
a freak show
under the
big
top
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