Thursday, June 11, 2026

Autopsy of a poet

 To dissect a poet 

Is to open his pages and read 

Look at his vital organs 

How did life make him bleed?

My autopsy will reveal emotionally, 

physically, ironically 

Shut the book and know 

This is how I read 

Scribbled out, crossed out, left out

This is my autopsy 

In pencil and in ink 

I've bleed every word I write 


Bob Jenkens 




Poetic Justice

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