a troll's skin
so thick it turns
axes
swords
bullets
but love spurned
by a pale waif
slices
chops
punctures
her rejection leaves
mocking graffiti
penciled
carved
painted
on the walls of the
troll's stone heart
cracked
crushed
desolate
Eric Marin is a lawyer by day and a writer by night. He also publishes the speculative fiction and poetry webzine, Lone Star Stories. For more on Eric, please visit http://www.erictmarin.com.
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