talk of men

words
in my mouth
lead shot
poured molten
in the cast of my
father’s workshop
table talk of
miners
men
bold in
tone
taunt
words
winter
breath
crystal shards
glass cold
words
fall
dust on the floor
un-swept in their
lay
piles of intention
words
dressed
green camouflage
discharged
aimless buckshot
spray
words
of arrows
wet stone
sharpen
pulled compound
meaning
in release
pierce
innocent flesh
to bleed
words
wet flow
of iron—y
words
in my
woman's
lipsticked
mouth

I feel the need to spit

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