night boxer – April 29

Posted on April 30, 2015 by landl30

4.29.2015 [night boxer]

weariness has taken

on a new name

I don’t know what

it is

I just know the pull

down

weight, sound,

touch

of its ringing

bell

and my failing

fight.

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