violent welts form on raising skin <br />crackled blisters spew invectives <br />brown curled grass pretend affection <br />warning label on confection <br /> <br />shut the door on maddening din <br />fettered brow pegged down with whispers <br />burnished brass collect intrusion <br />warranty voided contusion <br /> <br />flush out and swab, dress and bandage <br />splint and cast - immobilise, recuperate <br />the shuffling of disciplined feet <br />ward off the pungence of defeat<br /><br />Frederick Kesner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/insult-to-injury/
