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Pomp

Free Verse Poem by Moe Phillips

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May 05, 2023
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Stained glass sunrise
Casket draped in ivory tapestry
Shot through with golden threads
Blazing scarlet cross for a heart
Rolling down the marble aisle
Organ moans a random tune
Plucked out of a paper pamphlet
Courtesy of an undertaker
Who’s got retired city cop
Written all over him
Big Irish hands
Too small a mouth
Mewing condolences
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