Bloodletting
by Robert Beveridge
It is time
to take the razor
and score the binds
it is time
to stop the minor wars
that hide our mouths
it is time
to sever the flesh
that conjoins us
the blood released
to fertilize the earth
could be true
and thus we could face each other
to take the razor
and score the binds
it is time
to stop the minor wars
that hide our mouths
it is time
to sever the flesh
that conjoins us
the blood released
to fertilize the earth
could be true
and thus we could face each other
Robert Beveridge (he/him) makes noise at xterminal.bandcamp.com and writes poetry in Akron, Ohio. He has recent or upcoming appearances in The Virginia Normal, Credo Espoir, and Chiron Review, among others.