Peabody Coal by Scott Clark
when I see the word
I just think loss coal
like black coal
and is real loss like the deepest regions of some black abyss
lost in space
at the bottom of the ocean
I don’t know
and is it dark on neptune
and if it is without light
can I still pen a tune or a lousy poem there
but maybe one day I’ll take that piece of coal
and remove its darkness
and then it will be a diamond shining
removing all weight and burden
with the greatest light
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