That barbwire did thrash <br />More painful than the lash <br />Not just here on my back <br />Everywhere under attack <br />Ears screaming with pain <br />Seared so deep in my brain <br />Lash followed lash <br />Head and hands together crash <br />Not really physical <br />That is just metaphysical <br />It is the wife’s cutting tongue <br />Makes me wish instead, I was hung<br /><br />Gordon D Wilkinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/barbwire-lash-by-request/
