escher poetry — [O] :: 2

grandmother sappho
agéd lady

carries withered looks
fading glory

in these times
of agéd children

wishful lies
press button genocide

we need
her words

which is why
golden hair

white bellies
command us to

cut out
our eyes

cut off
our ears

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