Heat leaches away from the burn.
Pangs dull to insomniac ache.
Skin blisters, then seeps,
Then grows taciturn.
Puckers. Thirsts unslaked.
Seared skin’s memory can’t unlearn.
Sole salve I can tender: my lips.
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Brent Newsom is the author of the poetry collection Love’s Labors (CavanKerry Press, 2015) and the librettist for A Porcelain Doll, an opera that will premiere in March 2017. He has also published poems in The Southern Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Measure, and other journals. He co-edits the journal Ink & Letters and teaches literature and writing at Oklahoma Baptist University.
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