Proud Flesh Poem by Sally A Mortemore
Proud Flesh
From out of the mouth of a graze
births a granulated tissue head —
a hypertrophic alien,
mutant and muling,
authority deemed from its point of intrusion.
This raw pink cranium of proud flesh
taunts on every movement,
its cellular components enlarging daily —
the engorged wound
wide and weeping with defeat
at its failure
to keep this wild child
hidden …
Sally A Mortemore 2015
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