Assault on Nature is a collection of poetry to be published by Winter Goose Publishing.

 City of Struggle

My blood has not penetrated
your concrete face.
My fears have not found comfort
from your metal scowl.
The bold assaults I launched
upon your arrogant towers
failed to win your treasures,
leaving me without tomorrows,
denied the dream of yesterdays.

Golden Horde I

She is not coming,
no
and will never come again.
I will pass the many midnights
helpless
like an amputee.
I shall not find
forgetfulness,
rehabilitation,
or opiate stupefaction.
I shall continue
haphazard
as a crusade
and let the dark Saracen
slash my armor,
as
I pass
the weary dimness
in pusillanimous
imaginings.

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