A stanza placed in a lion’s mouth

No verse
on a noose
is ready
for its maker
especially when
the word was given
on a promise
that all things
should live
in the minds
of its readers
until such time
one hears
the devil’s laughter.

Reviews

[redd Brick Keshner]

It could still live but amid an infernal holocaust to accompany the devil's laughter.

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you Frederick for your word