Beauty

orange haze keeps the long stickly grass dry
swaying back and forth in the hot breeze
it's beautiful

the roundworms wriggle viciously beneath the stocks
preparing to dig into the skin of passersby
multiply in the lungs

the workers laugh as they tend the fields
slicing, hacking away at the roots, their feet in water
life is good

the worms crawl through the intestines, festering
reproducing in the lungs and stomach, growing bigger
they're coughed out

hackhack

Reviews

[vincentbals]

I can clearly see things happen while i'm reading this. I like that. The part of the workers caught me the most, especially with the ending "life is good".

Great job man, I could read such a stuff over and over again. Impressing.

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"the workers laugh as they tend the fields
slicing, hacking away at the roots, their feet in water
life is good"

...Very Kool-clever and creative imagery!!!;-)
great poetry!!!--i love this!!!:-)

james:-)

[Jetta Zippora]

Funky, Original, Different...nice write, friend. :)

[Coyote Poetry]

It this a real tale? In the old days in the USA roundworms were a problem. Your description was powerful and made the story come alive. A very strong ending to the poem.
Coyote