Kurt Philip Behm

Founders Ink (+1)

Defense of freedom

takes a courage

rare and dearly won

 

Through wars endured

with tyrants scourged

and despots on the run

 

The words in place

by Founders Ink

on parchment

closely held

 

As children roam

the halls of light

with precepts

— deeply felt

 

(The New Room: February, 2025)

 

The Scarlet Cleaver

 

The butcher

in a trance

this death

then many more

The cleaver

paused in motion

destruction

to the fore

 

The blood

is pooling downward

in images

besmeared

Its stain

a violent crimson

tattooing life

— with fear

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)