In Umbrage
At one mention,
lying ravens
peck soft hearts.
See kind images
in a memento.
Go dig at her scar.
Let no test end.
Anger
slays her, elapses

Maguire, Mike

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282 DRAWN INWARD AND OTHER POEMS: PART 1 l':IKE MAGUIRE Herndon . Virginia In Umbrage At one mention . lying rav ens peck soft hearts . See kind images i n a memento. Go dig at her scar. Let no test end . An ger slays her. elapses . Scar City Th e iron echo reaches the mage ' s ear. Chest of i ndustrial s hard s . Admissions in juries . A Wake S h ells in gravel. Over eac h, formed rain . He r e . motion. sand . ash and snow . Ca res s weep asunder men . Other s hells in here age . Relations h i p s , meas ure harm on you, reverse cures 1n atrophy . God Own s Lightly We toil in deed s . Cares u se the river. Etched , a tomb urn's s urface. Men, trample money, escape dins of the atoned . I am on dim, old. wet oil. I Numb Rage Atone me n t I . o nly in grave n specks of t h e arts , seek. In dim ages , I name men to God . I gath e r sca rlet notes . Ten dangers lay. S h e r e lapses . Scarcity Their o n e chore aches the m. Age searches to find us . Trials. Hard, sad ffilSS l ons . Injuries. Awake S he 'U sin g, rave. love . reach for me, drain her e motio ns and. as h a nd s n ow ca ress . weep . As under me , not her. s he'll sin. Her eager elation s hips me a s ure harmo ny. Our ever-secure sin. a trophy. Go Down Slightly Wet oil, indeed sca res u s . Ether. I ' ve retched. Atom burns. surf a ce me nt ramp. Le mon eyes . caped in soft heat. One diamond, 1 mold. We toil. 

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