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POETRY
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SKIN DEEP
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Kevin L. Donihe
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Kevin L. Donihe
has been accepted into over 140 magazines/anthologies in 10 countries.
Venues include The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, Asylum
3: The Quiet Ward, Roadworks, Enigmatic Tales,
Nasty Piece of Work, Darkness Rising, Star*Line,
Cemetery Sonata II, Not One of Us, The Dream Zone,
and many others. His novel, Shall We Gather at the Garden
was released by Eraserhead Press.
Kevin also
edits BARE BONE.
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It stains me, this birthmark I've earned
the stigmata
of a thousand accusing voices
it feeds off cold beds
and silent phones
but no more
-- I'm giving back society's gift
The sandpaper turns pink then red
(what pretty droplets fall)
crimson jets become
stamens on blue floral tile
pain blossoms into new life
should be satisfying
but
Smile's gone
(maybe it was never there)
don't have to look
to feel liquid darkness
tattoo swirls on white bone
Drop paper
to raise the blade
reflecting incandescence
(spots dance before my eyes
whirling dervishes)
how foolish I was to believe
the root of pain lies only skin deep
© 2003 Kevin L. Donihe, all rights reserved
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