fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

negative presence

I come from a world with no nameI have not a feeling and no shameI am soulless and evilThe picture of feebleMy humaneness, held briefly, was pain.

now myself

A sadness reachesThrough my mindSeeking true severance The definition of unkind. A sickness teachesSimple tricks of mindSounding hatred of soulA me condition, I find.