The Boys Are Back
Sons of a corpse
with a call: "Thrive on
your foe's body."
Seeking wicked
grace, they
forget to scream.
Silence: the chance
to hawk and spit
ashes of the Bible.
The mercy of
nail biters. "Here,
your buddy's body."
Agnes Marton is a Hungarian-born poet, writer, librettist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK) and Reviews Editor at The Ofi Press. Recent publications include her collection Captain Fly's Bucket List and four chapbooks with Moria Books (USA). She won the National Poetry Day Competition in the UK.
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