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31_days2010-09-28 11:03 pm
[SEPT 28] [ORIGINAL] THE EMPEROR OF SORROWS
Title: The Emperor of Sorrows
Day/Theme: September 28: ‘I'm the emperor of sorrows'
Series: Original
Rating/Warnings: G.
The emperor of sorrows comes across the night
With iron hands and a maidenly umbrella
Sharp as green-sickness.
He scents out boarding houses
B&Bs
Dyed rosebuds in thick heritage porcelain.
He gathers up green grass that shows black under streetlights
And the orange stain on old ice-lolly sticks.
He offers a precise understanding
Of legatees and VAT.
In the morning he is gone
Leaving a soft mint on the pillow.
