Angel wings clipped,
before he learned to fly,
shrivelled to flipper baby stumps.
The demon with the pitchfork
said, "you can't kill me son,"
twisted words in his gut.
Followed the tracks
in search of oblivion
found it in black cancer tar.
Dying to die.
Caught in the circle,
sent tumbling towards
the needle and the gun.
Sighed an eternal sigh.
Dumb.
Verian has had poetry, fiction, non-fiction and digital art published a number of print and online venues. He is the owner of Comrades Press, publishing Comrades poetry journal, poetry chapbooks, paperbacks and hardbacks. His own first solo publication of poetry The Key was published by Californian publisher D Press in 2002. His second collection, Stroking the Cactus was published in 2003. Verian also edited Uno, A poetry Anthology available from Comrades Press. His other interests include bookbinding, letterpress printing, book arts and reading modern contemporary poetry. He currently lives in Warwickshire, England.