Unimpressed

Where bludgeoning
leaves feeble marks

remorseless torchings
raise no sparks

and broadswords merely
pierce this skin

your hateful phrase
imprinting air

reverberates
but moments there.




Unimpressed © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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25 words (prompt limit). Imprint brevity challenge prompt - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2743994-10entries---25words-or-less
Submitted: March 2, 2020









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