knight errant

Dec 08, 2023

I desire to torture myself into
the shape of beauty

don the metal vestments
and clink about the halls
sounding of silver

I, heavy as a calvary
graceless and forgetting gravity
shoplift positions from the ballet

prancer in shining armor
sir yvain in pale chiffon

I dance defeat of dragons
un-equip my wielding foes
I suffer a heart excruciating
bruised by satin
straining against ankle bone

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