Vulture People
In bygone days
The people were like vultures
Feeding off of scraps of the dead
Feasting on what remains
Gnawing on the fat
Cracking bone for marrow
Swarming upon the lifeless
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Anthony David Vernon is a Cuban-American writer and a master’s level philosophy student at the University of New Mexico. He has been published regularly in a variety of literary outlets including The Cabinet of Heed, Zin Daily, and Poetry Super Highway.
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