want better than a mean spirit
covetous
treacherous
vicious
underhanded
from years past
a beautiful race
suffer
broken
no hope
lost love and trust
these qualities being in all
hurt
shame
loss
indifferent
swept out of the path
so telling
end
this
now
Tori Burris Inkley
6/8/20
[Blackout Poetry – excerpt from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain]
