A Work of the Heart

A work of the heart

from the teeth of critics flossed

a fragile fetus of art

in the sewer of humanity tossed

abandoned neglected an aborted start

not detected in a vast sea of verse lost

consigned to oblivion since its placental depart

its memory rejected a forgotten child its cost

Words stolen from the ink of a discarded feather

resurrected from the predilected worms of rot

a cannibalistic existence to weather

decaying old poems, new life begot