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Defeat

by Nick Anthony

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Captured by demons.
Long nails gouge my ego
With gnarled fingers.
Ever they’ve crept in my wake.
At last, my race is over.

Written for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge: Creep & Race. I went with a tanka this time. Please leave a comment and a like (if you did!)

read more by Nick at Rafiki’s Nikki

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Posted on November 2, 2016 at 12:19 AM in Nick, Poetry   |  RSS feed |   Reply   |   Trackback URL

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One Comment to “Defeat”

    
  1. Vashti Quiroz-Vega
    November 4, 2016 at 6:27 PM

    Wow! Creepy haiku! 😉 Great!

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