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sooty harsh planes
eclipse carved obsidian gems
set back so to quietly assess
deep and piercing as they are
glaring out over
high sculpted ledges of
weather weary flesh
jetty wisps
cropped into peripheral submission
most likely attempted jumpers
at the ear cliffs
ultra wild and daring in their
proposed career
a rock of Gibraltar jawline
counters that tender, slashing smile
grievous of any pity or contempt
playing picaninny to the usual sneer
ghastly in his brooding male beauty he stands
tall, broad, dark, proud, well bred and destructive
gallant cynic
with his galling pain etched in every other
countenance bequeathed to the viewer
a marvel of mysticism and hue
flint and forbidden flavor
coiled with strength and purpose
experience speaking sardonically
through every look and feature
an iron cage of surly flesh
most masculine in its projected display
encapsulating the steel trap of an educated
nomadic mind
while behind all this
beats the heart of a chivalrous knight
of old
feeling soundly cheated to not find
a Guenevere of his noble love's need
yet ignoble intentions
flouting conventionality
thus so
such 'Exacting Portrait'
must somehow be cleansed
with fire and spirit
and so it was done
a purification
that hobbled and humbled
the would be defiler
of innocence
and good's own purity
whether with reward or
redemption
the highjacked shall
prosper from no foul play....
(May 15, 2015 919am)