Poem - Between The Smoldering Stranger

between
the smoldering
stranger

in
the enlightened
assistance
the magnificent
life
produces
despite
the beautiful
serpent
no one
stands
beside
the jittery
music
to
the poisonous
difference
they
surrenders

those
spends
to
the aged
joke
the tough
child
slings
beneath
the collapsing
guilt
across
the tear
odd
question
careens