A toxicity touched a burningfinger—
a burndown—a curdleforth
and foamup of fervent froth—
we each taste a shot of it.
The taste of curdleburn.
We'll waste it all
at the end, as per usual.
We'll waste it all on singed skin
and flaming brains.
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Heath Brougher is the editor-in-chief of Concrete Mist Press and former poetry editor for Into the Void Magazine, winner of the 2017 and 2018 Saboteur Awards. He is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Nominee, he was awarded the 2018 Poet of the Year Award from Taj Mahal Review. He is the author of 12 books and has a new book forthcoming titled "Beware the Bourgeois Doomsday Fantasy." He has spent the last few years editing the work of others but is officially ready to get back into the creative driver seat.