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Aug 2014
lost in red
delusional labyrinths,
her bulbous eyes depict an
undiscovered fear
       within.

walls built
to be impenetrable,
soundproof, stand
permanently - forming
a psychotic structure
preventing communication,
     the trans-
             la  tion
of drows rutsegse guothhst
(words, gestures, thoughts)

and she pushes with anorexic
     fingers against
             the cinder
          blocks, as the
   at    mos     fear
           cringes
         around
           h e r...

does escape exist?
This poem was partially inspired by the painting "Landscape with Figures," by George Tooker.
Eric Pudalov
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