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THE FACE FEARFUL short poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. The Genghis Lotus poems are hosted at two locations, genghislotus.com and zenvirus.com/genghis-lotus/. Webmaster for both sites is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.
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The ground is a tract of infection.
The sun streams with X-rays, And a tumour floats in the orange juice. Cancer grips in the bowels. They say it's only hypochondria, But the scalpel bites Without the benediction of anaesthetic. The toothpick in the olive Sharpens to a needle. The spine Jars on the pavement; The knees corrode in the bath-water. Mite and virus Spin in the sunshaft's dust. The thick cream of eclair Curdles in the chambers of the heart. And always the inevitable night Smothers the last light, Stinking of ether and chloroform. |
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