
interception of perception
no need for contraception—
safety subverts the senses—
no pretenses nor defenses,
tied up in barbed-wire fences,
a thistle thimble
dropped head first,
gravity kills the nimble
and quenches
death’s thirst.
POET’S NOTE:
Part of the Truth, Applied collection.
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.




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