POETRY

Dagger

Continuing Poemtober

Amy Jasek
Nov 10, 2023

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iPhone photo by author

Could it be that what
I see before me is the
blade of madness?

The sharp edge that drove a lady
to her tomb, doomed
as she was from the hour
ambition made its
first small cut

out, out

I’ll not carry thee

Inktober prompt: Dagger. My brain: Lady Macbeth.

Thank you for reading!

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