. •the •••••••• old man wi- •••••••• thered•as suns •••••••• would set....over •••••••• many days•follies •••••••• he committed, then •••••••• unencumbered•fina- •••••••• lly caught up...so now •••••••• he pays • like an unca- •••••••• ged bird, he had left his •••••••• perch• not looking back, leaving behi- nd hatchlings and nest• he discarded his roots when he left them in the lu- rch• flew to pursue what he had thoug- ht was best•now he's ailing thin.....he seeks to reconcile • reached to his sons...and left a voice message•asking atonement for his cri- mes so despicable and vile • for now he lays con- •••••••• sumed.........by illness and •••••••• rage•hours tick by as his •••••••• days blur into weeks...• •••••••• his frail breaths weak- •••••••• en as he succumbs in •••••••• bed•finally the call •••••••• did come bearing •••••••• the absolution •••••••• he seeks• ••••••••
just a minute too late, for the old man is already dead•
Concrete Poem 21 of 30
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