So closely knit

Is the brave new world

The daily crossfire

We foolishly brave

Bound and bowered

We strive for war

For the quarrels

That flood

The purest of hearts

All that remains

Are the wavering scores

Who writhe in peril

At the lash

Of troubling verse

So closely knit, we stir

To our quiet demise

Hollow

Yet swollen with words

© William Wright, Jr.

Excerpt from the book The Slums of Nightfall

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About the Author

My name is William Lorenzo Wright, Jr. I am the youngest of three children, as well as the only son to two loving and hard-working parents. I am a college student from San Diego California and I hold a deep passion for reading and writing poetry. I was sixteen years old when I first fell in love with poetry and I have been…