a wound open, not healing

a wound open, not healing

infected, oozing,

puss, other discharge

needing more attention

staples, stitches being pulled out

without anesthesia, unclean

unsanitary conditions

buried deep, infected

a part of the skin

the body, the flesh

trying to remove

but it is not easy

the infection awakened

putting up a fight

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August 29, 2019

a wound open, not healing

edited July 17, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/07/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk-v2.html

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 51,700 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, mixing,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye of out of the solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

pain too great to bear

trying to remove the ink out of the milk

the dye out of the solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

pain too great to bear

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edited July 17, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk – v2

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 50,800 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove ink from milk

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye of out of solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye out of solution, made clear,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

trying to remove ink from milk

a dye out of solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

trying to remove ink out of milk

a dye out of solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

-----------------------

edited June 9, 2019

trying to remove ink from milk

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137723059186675712

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/06/trying-to-remove-ink-from-milk.html

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722497980391424

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722060610949120

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721748089126912

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721485773197313

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 50,210 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu

trying to remove the ink from the milk

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, mixing,

roots sunk down deep, within,

into the fabric, deep meaning

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye of out of the solution, quickly,

cutting off the ties that bind

holding us, that connect us together

trying to remove the ink from the milk

the dye out of the solution, a process,

striving to remove, to extract

the threads, the drops remaining

trying to remove the ink out of the milk

the dye out of the solution, completely

a slow painful process, itself a journey

removing, severing all ties

-----------------------

June 9, 2019

trying to remove the ink from the milk

stanza 1 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722497980391424

stanza 2 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137722060610949120

stanza 3 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721748089126912

stanza 4 – https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/1137721485773197313

imagery - not putting the toothpaste

back in the tube; but removing

a drop of ink out of a gallon of milk

or like fully removing kudzu

or the roots of dandelions from land.

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 50,210 of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

God, Christ, Spirit, faith, belief, love, grace, religion, church, denomination, ink, milk, solution, separation, removal, relinquish, united, untied, roots, kudzu,

#God #Christ #Spirit #faith #belief #love #grace #religion #church #denomination #ink #milk #solution #separation #removal #relinquish #united #untied #roots #kudzu