Sharp
Sharp
Rough-edged rulers
desolation and truth
silent witnesses
Sharp
A man shot on the back
Ten times, one more
than the next
Sharp!
ugliness grinning in a puddle
of purple blood
Sharp! Reset!
One blind
man; trying
to understand
what he saw
SHARP!
lovely grim
finishing us
blunt on touch but, no,
SHARP
we take a SWORD
heating it up, forging
moving on, perhaps,
unclearly, yet simply,
to the immediate depths of
the glorious recession
to try to destroy
the fangs of the
SHARP
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CARD DRAWN:
TEN OF SWORDS
THIS IS THE TAROT CHALLENGE, a 78-day writing challenge where everyday I pick out a random card from my tarot deck and write something about, against, inspired by, based on the card by the day’s end. The works can range from poetry to fiction to drama. When the card is from the major arcana, the title of the work should be the card name. When the card is from the minor arcana, the title can be different but the card drawn should be revealed at the end.
