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Rust in Our Souls & the Rot in Our Ways
by Nicholas Viglietti

Image by Mr Aqib Fotography

It’s right there –
Tongue tips,
The cadence of risk.
There’s something
I want to say.
It builds and yet,
The words don’t utter
In the right kind of way.
Those things
That rush us;
Those major things
We let get away.
Those things
That rust our souls
And rot our ways;
Those things
That our lips
Never say.

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