Back biters-

Disappear, you did,

the space you left,

burning out from memory,

attenuating as the sun does,

circle turning bright to black

when eyes shut tightly,

pretty common for liars and thieves

to temporarily blind,

fools gold has no lasting luster,

but once in hand,

it's yours until you put it down,

depravity masked as what it's not

is such a heavy, yet vacuous stone

to carry upon backs,

spines curved for walking upright

-sls 4/10/17