Thursday 8 January 2015

Edison's Elephant


Edison's Elephant
By Helen Barter

All the fun of the fair.
Smile for the camera.
Smile damn you, smile.
Smile as the foetid smoke rises
from between your toes.
Smile as you fall; darkly.
Rigor mortis
stiffens my resolve
as well as your tortured body.




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