In muck your sun, in muck your moon, in muck your history.
In trash, you born, in trash, you raised, in trash, you’ll buried be.
This filth be damned, this filth become, this filth your destiny.
A slave to waste, a slave to rot, a slave to poverty.
Whose child of God, whose child of love, whose child cast down below.
Where vile the sores, where vile the scabs, where vile the pus of woe.
In sickness dwell, in sickness toil, in sickness, foul and foe.
Know you the rats, know you the crows, know you what vultures know.
Too young for scars, too young for wounds, too young for bleeding veins.
To live deprived, to live defiled, to live in festered pains.
The devil’s dump, the devil’s curse, the devil’s rotten gains.
What faith possess, what faith confess, what faith in you remains?
Someday you’ll die, someday escape, someday you’ll steal away.
Till then the dearth, till then the dirt, till then in life’s decay.
The lowest cur, the lowest cast, the lowest form of stray.
So weeps the heart, so weeps the soul, so weeps the child of clay.
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Hmm. To think I was apparently a foolish child gaily searching the junk yard for treasures, sincerely believing in the same, urging my mother to accept my findings. And the souls trapped in that cycle, unable to extricate themselves nor find a foothold on dry ground, are the nymphs of the dump, eh? Your gorgeous ability with rhyme and rhythm enchant, whatever you proffer well-nigh delectable thereby. Beautifully rendered and fascinating, with excellent imagery and a damning poignancy, thank you for sharing.
I must say that I look forward to your poems so as to glean a bit of knowledge about writing from them. They are always so well written. This poem using the triple repetition with rhyme in each line. Truly masterfully written it is again an instant fave.
Oh my, dearest Tony! This is another brilliant work. I am, forever, a fan! Bravo! 🌹👏
A wonderful piece of writing again, cleverly crafted and enjoyable to read
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