Bodies heavy
with rifles, we gorged
on meat, fresh
from the river and yellow
fields, just boys
learning to carry
death on our tongues,
marrow to spit
back into the world,
pale bones
leaving the throat
like a prayer.
John Pring is an author and poet based in the UK. His work has been featured in The Passionfruit Review, MONO, Oroboro, Dolorem Ipsum, Letter Review, Qu Literary, Banyan Review, Tomahawk Creek Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, Rising Phoenix Review, and others.
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