spades

discomfiture worn like
a tight timed test with
each drowning breath
slipping under regret

there is already
hell being paid in
spades and forgotten
fading memories
coming undone
a thread unspooling
into the setting sun

it is no less than
everything deserved

2 responses to “spades”

  1. Bridgette Avatar

    Love the imagery of a thread unspooling into the setting sun. Also, that last line hits.

  2. eob2 Avatar

    That opening verse, painful.
    How I interpreted it. 😉

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