Everything is Temporary

Everything is temporary
beautiful boy?
flashing light
bottle rocket
god's execration
white becomes black
then red
the animus of a child
bludgeony
dudgeony
my flaws are cozened
half blind
blind-sided
beauty is never earned
the labyrinth of my soul
is feathery on my face
a knowing smile
and a weight of hand

Christopher Brent
Submitted 5.15.09