Text Box: BROOKLYN’S CENTRAL BOOKING

Blood-cold handcuffs hung 
on my wrist 
coagulating from the harsh 
stench of fear and the knowing 
looks of men 
possessed with law and envy 
Under shocked brows my 
reflection crouched miniaturized: 
already jailed 

I knew my only 
escape was to relax 
and let them begin 
their damn 
cavity search

John Kehoe torments his soul with words while struggling with life after having visited Hiroshima, one of the saddest experiences of his life.

I See a Darkness

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