Battlefield Archeologist

A bitch with whom you do not fuck

by Helen Robertson

Will you recreate my broken form
Again; again shattered. Drawn back from death.
Again to die.

Trace an outline of violence for them
To follow; to fill in details: with gore,
With childish glee.

Academic, intellectual —
Will you;
Will you?

Will you make others your sword and shield
For love of verbal sparring. Arm yourself
In theory; abandon praxis.

I will; I will not —
I will not let you step away;
Lives abandoned. Your self secure.

I will not allow you
The luxury
Of an apolitical life.

 

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body of stone is out of print from The Blasted Tree Store

Featured by The Blasted Tree: October 26, 2021

Helen Robertson

Contributing Author

body of stone by Helen Robertson is a Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.

ISBN [Digital]: 978-1-987906-76-9

Cover Design by Kyle Flemmer

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