#OctPoWriMo 2021 — Day 2: “Vital”

Vital
(for Martha Blackburn,
‘The Wilds’)

The goat’s innards
are symbolic
Sharp edged rocks
excavating secrets

It’s acceptable
to lie about them
Or understandable

Too many tendons
in the teeth

A man’s muscles
strike terror
A warrior woman
slices in jagged lines

A rescue from
the island is imminent
At least
the survivors
will be found well fed

Photo by Eva Elijas from Pexels

Published by Jennifer Patino

Dominic Alapat says:

October 2, 2021 at 11:42 pm

A raw and powerful poem! A magic incantation!

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1. Jennifer Patino says:
  
  October 3, 2021 at 1:45 am
  
  Thanks, Dominic
  
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  1. Dominic Alapat says:
    
    October 3, 2021 at 2:47 am
    
    Welcome Jennifer.
    
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Cypress Butane says:

November 8, 2021 at 9:17 am

Nice. (Nice and savage.) I like it. I hope a rescue from the island is indeed immanent. Would it be weird if I used your #OctPoWriMo poems as inspiration for my lagging #NaNoWriMo? Cause I’m about to.

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1. Jennifer Patino says:
  
  November 8, 2021 at 9:21 am
  
  Nah, feel free
  
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