A Complicated Extraction
monster drains serpent’s tooth
purulence into blood boils of pain.
Some parts we abandon, unkind absences
we exit drooling gratitude for
“a slow steady pressure with controlled force.”
we go about our clotted lives wondering
what it will mean to be buried everywhere.
Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor writes for humor and other things and has
published two books and three chapbooks. His poetry has appeared in journals
and anthologies internationally, including Amsterdam Quarterly, Anatomy & Etymology,
Aperçus Literary Magazine, Contemporary
Verse 2, The Copperfield Review, Descant, Eunoia Review, Grain, The Linnet's
Wings, Pirene’s Fountain, Poetry Australia, StepAway Magazine, and
Tipton Poetry Journal. He has worked as a printer and
bookbinder, medical publisher and institute director and lives in Aurora, Canada.
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Magnificent piece
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