Small minds stare into flames
with dullard expression
burning what knowledge
could release them
The drifting embers of
profound writing going out
like the flicker of light
in their ever dead eyes
This ash was a confession
and this piece was a memory
words once painstakingly assembled
now charred brain cells dying
And when the bonfire dies down
and there are no more books to burn
they are left standing there
drooling in their own darkness
About the Creator
Kincaid Jenkins
Author of "Drinking With Others: Poetry by the Pint" available at https://redhawkpublications.company.site/Drinking-With-Others-Poetry-by-the-Pint-p470423761 and for purchase on Amazon.
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