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April 4, 2023
Itch of Life
With a bluebell scratch my heart
and it will bleed the leaves of spring,
the future’s happening before
it happens dismally in life,
living in the heart as true
things do before they’re saddened
by their happenstance in time.
Scratch my heart with a peony
and forget.
In the desert where the flowers grow,
the blood flows
from life’s love.
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© the author
by S.T. Brant
S. T. Brant is a Las Vegas high school teacher. His debut collection Melody in Exile will be out in 2022. His work has appeared in numerous journals including Honest Ulsterman, EcoTheo, Timber, and Rain Taxi. You can reach him on his website at ShaneBrant.com, Twitter: @terriblebinth, or Instagram: @shanelemagne.
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