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Expelling my children
At the passage of the moon;
Hooded, in shroud of bone;
Destroying little lives;
In Silence;
One by one.

In my tight lipped fortress;
Babies die in here alone;
Sealed with a kiss;
In the dark emptiness
Of a windless, winding
Silence;
One by one.

I’ve seen off the horde
Disgorged in tumescence;
Drowned in black blood;
As I flush my brood
From the impenetrable
Silence;
One by one.

Thirty years, then I’m done
A flap of skin
Wasting in the dark, alone;
All my darlings gone:
Counting the days
In silence;
One by one.




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One By One
Date: Tuesday, 1st October 2002 @ 01:20:00 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: melis
I am the empty womb;
Expelling my children
At the passage of the moon;
Hooded, in shroud of bone;
Destroying little lives;
In Silence;
One by one.

In my tight lipped fortress;
Babies die in here alone;
Sealed with a kiss;
In the dark emptiness
Of a windless, winding
Silence;
One by one.

I’ve seen off the horde
Disgorged in tumescence;
Drowned in black blood;
As I flush my brood
From the impenetrable
Silence;
One by one.

Thirty years, then I’m done
A flap of skin
Wasting in the dark, alone;
All my darlings gone:
Counting the days
In silence;
One by one.






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