Dead Ringer

Kenneth Vincent Walker

For it is left up to

Me that I should

Bear the entirety

Of weight upon

My shoulders. You

Quiver and quake;

Yet, I am able to see

What others missed

With a certain degree

Of anonymity firmly

In harms way on any

Given day weeping

Loved ones, friends

And anyone needy

Until that bitter end

Finally finds its way

In, to offend, up end,

To bend appendages

Grievously in Death.

Kenneth Vincent Walker is a "New Formalist" poet, spoken word artist, performer and author of Borderline Absurd (An Exercise in Rhyme and Reason), published by Poem Sugar Press/ Community Arts Ink 2015. More recently his work has been widely published in online magazines, journals and blogs. Kenneth is originally from Buffalo, NY and completed his higher education in Canada. He now resides in South Central Pennsylvania where he performs his brand of poetry at various venues throughout the region.