Complicity
Blame and shame
Intertwine
like guilty lovers.
Terror
White phosphorus
burned through
the flesh and tissue
of a pretty girl’s face
to leave a mask
of horror in its place.
An Australian poet and essayist - educated at Scotch College and Swinburne Art School – Ken W. Simpson taught - began writing short stories - switched to writing free verse poetry and essays - with a poetry collection, Patterns of Perception, published by Augur Press in January 2015.
Blame and shame
Intertwine
like guilty lovers.
Terror
White phosphorus
burned through
the flesh and tissue
of a pretty girl’s face
to leave a mask
of horror in its place.
An Australian poet and essayist - educated at Scotch College and Swinburne Art School – Ken W. Simpson taught - began writing short stories - switched to writing free verse poetry and essays - with a poetry collection, Patterns of Perception, published by Augur Press in January 2015.
