Porcelain--By Darrell Herbert--United States

Porcelain

Bleeding

beneath

            perfect porcelain skin

screaming

            whirring

               dripping

                    machines

Rivulets nice down cheeks

The night         mare’s  steady              gait punctures the day

Dreaming of an end

                                                            to the   e n d l e s s

Crawling out, crawling

                                    up

                                                the

                                                            walls

Blinking under the bright fluorescent lights.

Darrell Herbert is a poet-songwriter, humanitarian, author, and activist. He is a nationally recognized poet.