enjoy this Chris Butler writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Antimatter
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
Growing Pains
Chris Butler
I’m already dying
once growth stunts,
as atrophic muscles
stiffen, tenderize,
then ache.
Please reserve a place
atop the dusted mantle
for my drained
and polished skull,
a hollow memento
to lament then pawn
to pay the rent,
since nothing is
better left unsaid
after I’m dead.
The fine wine in my veins
sours into vinegar with age,
