Twist
by Claire Vogel Camargo


sarcastic, serrated edges
ambush
_confound
___darken

daggers
gut-pierce
_twist and drive home
___disapproval
_____failure

nothing can stem
the red hemorrhage of good
_intentions

What is the catalyst?
How to prepare for another
unsheathing

_of his

Words?






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