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Bile

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By Paul StewartPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
Bile
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~

~

bile

~

~

rises in me

as I think of the pain

~

Pain

~

~

ferments in me

as I think of the grief

~

Grief

~

~

transforms into

Blind Rage and Anger

~

~

I try to

focus

~

on anything

~

anything

but the truth

~

just to offer

~ㅤ ㅤ respite

~

to my tormented psyche

~

~

my punished soul bleeds a little each day

every

~

~ every atrocity

by others

~

~ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤin power

~ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤobscene ㅤdelight

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart