that child
stuffed his empty places
with the pain
that milled around him
~children.
~elders.
~in-betweeners.
donors all.
infused agonies
seared and softened
parched nerves -
empathy by immersion
decades later,
lives later,
the fire sings to him
like dram to its drunk
when the moon goes wrong
and the darkness clots
and pools between his toes.
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