Effaced
Those visages displaced and maimed,
vague effigies effaced, defamed:
they're chapters rent from history,
all ravaged beyond mystery.
These nameless souls we must recall
when shameless knaves proclaim their gall
to vanquish some identity,
which, one day, could be you or me.
Effaced © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Art image prompt (obscured/papered-over face with flowing hair) challenge - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2735129-Artwork-Prompt--3
Submitted: October 28, 2019