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Early Bloomer

by Eric Burgoyne


Nauseating scent

of blooming corpse

flowers


Surely shunned

but for fetid

fawning fans


Relishing rotting

flesh odor

putrid pus


Celebrating early

arrival of a

doppelganger


Rolling onstage

charisma surpassing

intelligence


Masking

malignant

immaturity


Fear of failure

trumping intellectual

preparation


Nit, wit

feigned grit

gumption


Fascination

sans

rumination


Early blooming

hastening

early death


 

About the author:

Eric Burgoyne writes poetry from his home on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He has an MA in Creative Writing - Poetry, from Teesside University, Middlesbrough England. His poems have appeared in The Dawntreader, Spillwords, Sledgehammer, Skink Beat Review, Rat’s Ass Review, and elsewhere.

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