Archangels Comb Their Muddy Hair with Sticks

      Twelve white birds glimmer in a ring
      About my heart like fiery thorns of things
      Unable to be forgotten;
      And of all things else
5     Oblivion alone most would bring
      Ease to the burnt heart's ash.

 

From the collection "Burning Byzantium"

Written by Gregg Glory [Gregg G. Brown]

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