Unfulfilled Man

 

 

Buried in grave clothes
Pure white and lace
Soon to yellow
Then gray to dust

How not to explode
To die with all contempt of an entombed outburst
Your freedom of speech is suppressed
Shed from beyond

Tears from the grave

Published: New Voices in American Poetry
Vantage Press Inc. New York, First Edition 1990, pg. 291
ISBN 0-533-09451-8

Written by Stack Jones
© Copyright 2010

 

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