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I’ve set myself the goal
to approximate the intensity
of a scream here in a poem

Epithets in all caps
seems too obvious
and besides that’s point in time
what I’m seeking is something more

A gradual swell that starts
as a mere perturbation
or perhaps more an uneven rise
to crescendo, jagged edges
exasperation, the incredulous
mortification, shit all over me
fucking duck bastards
that’s right, walk away!

© Chagall 2014