Monday, September 10, 2018

the dead horse

I take a stick
and go out into the road.
the dead
horse is still there.
flies buzzing.
the stink, the smell,
the stench
of death is
overwhelming. I cover
my mouth. my eyes water.
my lungs stink
with decay.
I can hardly breathe
as I go over
and beat it once again.
Monday.

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