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Tonberry

Everyone’s Grudge

By Jack FriendPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Tonberry
Photo by Marko Blažević on Unsplash

Your lantern lights a hopeless dark

But it goes without saying, you are no friend

Your knife still shines, hidden in your cloak

Did I save my game?

It’s getting dicey.

With the goober step of your flounder

Yellow eyes looking all directions

As if you were prey, but a predator aura

You clunk like an aging professor

Lantern clacking, shuffling your feet

No sense of danger

Until you stick me.

Game over.

Free Verse

About the Creator

Jack Friend

Pizzaiolo, social worker, brewer, writer

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  • ReadShakurrabout a year ago

    Perfectly crafted

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