03-23-2016, 08:43 PM
The Chocolate Egg
A child sits between
his mother and
a Victorian radiator.
Held tightly,
a foil encased
chocolate egg.
Restless eyes scan
an empty cross
above adult heads.
Somewhere
a distant voice talks of
hatred,
death,
resurrection.
As the child wonders why
the egg is going soft.
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A child sits between
his mother and
a Victorian radiator.
Held tightly,
a foil encased
chocolate egg.
Restless eyes scan
an empty cross
above adult heads.
Somewhere
a distant voice talks of
hatred,
death,
resurrection.
As the child wonders why
the egg is going soft.
Thread locked to further comment as the OP is no longer a member. /mod