A Larger Poetry Collection

by reminiscent-afterthought

Even if they scattered about nonsensically, they collected on the same net.

184. Borgin and Burkes

A/N: Written for the Batteships Challenge, I4 (miss) – Borgin and Burkes.

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A Larger Poetry Collection
184. Borgin and Burkes

The darkness was like a gloomy veil that hid
the history of his spoils: showed only the gleaming
gold on top, polished for the false sun

That hung low, dancing enticingly
on a string, pulling in greedy hands
regardless of the dirt underneath
those nails…

Only from right at the back, inside a broken cupboard
could you make out the light
of disrepute.