bicep
raze "birds fly and fill
the summer skies,"
a sullen man sings.

"and i surrender."

the trumpet solo
is a distant wail
when it should be loud
enough to wake the
wavering world.

you hear none of this.

the ink burned
into your bicep
is a tribute
to your father:

a sword stabbing
a still-beating heart.

the only blood
on the blade
i carry is my own.
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from