General Poetry posted April 4, 2020


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Nightmare

by pragmatic poet

Nightmare

From the molasses depths
perception struggles
against a morass,
where the body
chases - races
ever harder,
yet slower,
desperate
to escape
a menace
entombing
reaching
clawing
the soul
until in
a sweat
eyes see
one is
still
alive.


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