Contributor: Scott Thomas Outlar

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withdraw symptoms smash the skull
pressure building…mounting…slaying
dagger to the side
knife in the back
kiss of death delivered
a little bag of silver
to take home and spit shine
with that dirty mouth
that sold the savior out


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Scott Thomas Outlar dances with the waves of the Tao River while laughing at and/or weeping over life's existential nature. His chapbook "A Black Wave Cometh" is available through Etsy.