Etched Twilight

Dug up family secrets buried
    Pounding rusty bent nails into
        Coffin hollow rattle echoing inside
                Mottled shadows slipping through cracks

        Moth balls stuck in corners
    Hope chest heirlooms emptied out
  Imitation crystal secondhand promises shattered
Petrified cut-glass splinters last remains

Mummified cat interred alongside master
    Stench reeking of embalming fluid
        Gauze loose ends coming unraveled
                Dead end sarcophagus sealed uptight

        Legacy of guilt passed on
    Confessed sins fading mauve sunset
  Memory tattoos engraved double-faced tombstone
Blank slate taken for granite

ECO-ECHOES

When good weeds go bad
    It takes vigilant commitment to
        Root out invasive species while
            Protecting delicate native ecosystem balance

        Feathery water milfoil alien organisms
        Choking out bulbous hyacinthine plants
    Struggle to contain fast-breeder spread
Cleanup dependent upon human watchfulness

Befallen creatures looked down upon
    Soiled netherworld verminous underground resistance
        Night crawlers scurrying for cover
        Firefly torchbearers wingless glowworm grubs

            Cobwebs stuck cringing in corners
        Spider entrapping victim sticky web
     Male horseflies feed on pollen
Sip nectar females suck blood

Dr. Charles Frederickson is a Swedish/American/Thai impassioned observer, daring experimentalist and progressive visionary who has wandered intrepidly through 206 countries, an original sketch and poem for each presented on http://www.imagesof.8k.com. A member of World Poets Society, based in Greece, his unique poetic style has been featured in: Ascent Aspirations, Auckland Poetry, Blind Man’s Rainbow, Both Sides Now, Caveat Lector, Contemporary American Voices, Cordite Poetry Review, Dance to Death, Decanto, ESC!, Feelings of the Heart, Flutter Magazine, Greatworks, Green Dove, Indite Circle, International Poet, Listen & Be Heard, Living Poets, Madpoetry, Melange, Newtopia, New Verse News, Peace Not War Japan, Planet Authority, Poetics, Poetry Canada, Poetry of Scotland, Poetry Stop, Poets for Peace, Poetry Superhighway, Pyramid, Sz, T-Zero, Ygdrasil, Ya’Sou! and Zafusy. Contact  

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