Poetry Drafts / 6 December 2020

A Laughing Sheep

Mutton and lamb shanks on the
Offing
I stuff my pillow with the leaves of
Destruction
There are whispers of spring and an early
Release
The inspiration from a pair of
Leggings
The stove turned on
High
The flames of fury
Licking
She is my sheep to
Slaughter
Her wickedest laugh
My undoing

About The Author

Hayden Veil

In an earlier incarnation, Hayden Veil enjoyed a successful career in software engineering, writing late-night poetry in pursuit of sanity. On 2 February 2020, the world of Hayden Veil changed: Ghosts became real and with its soul laid bare there was no turning back from the perpetual path of poetry.