Leon Agnew Poems

There is no pain
Like discontent
Bad intent
Is a slash upon the flesh
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The age is gone
When man was lonely
And Nolmeroy, the boy was only
Twelve - he was already lonely
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Grinding
Hateful core
Take me home
Break down my door.
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Whichever way I look
There's the same face
The same place
It surrounds me
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Carry on, my body, carry on
Without this heart you've leaned upon
A shambling Aztec sacrifice
A mindless, hopeless sheet of ice
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Love, in essence,
Is like a toothbrush.
We use it a lot,
And it grows weary.
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I ate my son today.
He sat upon a platter.
I picked up my fork,
And his entrails I did splatter.
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In times of darkness never ceasing,
Crushing fury, never easing
Swallows me like fleshy foods
Consuming my happy moods
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Everywhere I look, there's an ethical rape.
Churches come first
Bend and fall at the hands
Of their angry oppressors
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It is harmless.
It is average.
It is chemistry.
And it is morning.
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