Relief Leach
Eyes catch thin glimpses of flickers dim
Brimstone brush on brim of charred charcoal simmered ink
Gape inklings of skin made hellscape on dark paper twinkling
For your attention, the den’s penned in with nuclear kindling
The image, bereft context, makes shadows appear dancers
Like quick dodge gambits to avoid the answer to why they still get cancer
Tomb glyphs scant on translations of what the painter’s plans were
So what do flickering nuclear shadows appear like to a bystander?
(Rejected on October 2020)