There are many numbers in my cellphone Barely sorted Like the junk drawer in the kitchen in my home Business contacts, listings and burnt bridges Dwelled upon Superiors whose careers may or may not be finished High school classmates stagnate Neglected for reasons Exes in excess and the last laid But there are many dead men's numbers Left living lifelessly They bare memories where souls stumbled This life and the graves it leaves Like pine trees But we are all just born to leave
Keith Walter Dow is a former Army MP and bouncer and the author of Karmic Purgatory from which this selection was taken. He is the co-founder of Dead Reckoning Collective. You can follow him on IG here. Listen to our Savage Wonder episode with him here.
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