Where Corpses Lay Unburied

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Allison Grayhurst

Where Corpses Lay Unburied

With you, it is never elemental,

but full of sick layers of manipulation,

youthful but nasty-like selfishness,

like a rotted worm-ridden fruit undamaged

on the outside.

With you, truth is blindness to everything

but your desires. Friendships are hard and sacrificed

easily for the competition’s prize. With you,

there is no backing down, just push push and the tarry

bullshit of your unattractive smile.

With you, closeness means that you must lead,

control each gesture of omnipresent sky.

With you, death without God is majesty,

and everyone around you is only a pawn

in your many twisted, immature ploys.

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First published in “StrangePOEtry” February 2017

https://strange-poetry.com/2017/02/11/allison-grayhurst-where-corpses-lay-unburied/

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