Dirty down and under
I haven't had a bath in years
don't get me wrong
I take showers sometimes
washing the blood off
I've fought our wars
here in the states
under the table I'm a better shot
never married
but plenty of divorces
false papers I always fall for
I've never cried
not even when I was born
I'm undercover
dreamless
My whole life
a prayer.
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Stephen Jarrell Williams has had over a thousand poems published here and there and distant places where the light still glows. He can be found on X/Twitter @papapoet