The unmarked
tombstones leave
an impression
The elemental need
to tell someone
that you were here
The same reason
the cave people
in Lascaux wrote on walls
The eternal battle between
simplicity and pride
the primal urge to leave a mark
on the earth, and the spiritual
quest to disappear entirely
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
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