The Jar.

By Pride Ed

you were the veins
at my throat;

roots
protruding through
diaphonized
lungs;

pain on display
pickled, prodded,
left…

a hanger for dust
galvanized no more.

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Copyright 2014 Pride Ed
Published on Friday, December 19, 2014.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"

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Done for a prompt on allpoetry.
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  • Jonas Robinson On Saturday, July 28, 2018, Jonas Robinson (848)By person wrote:

    Nice word choice and images. Great work.

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