They called him "the Emperor of Pain," the they who didn't know his real name, a name that was comically disjointed to his reputation, a name that was to this man as that gentle lisping voice is to Mike Tyson, and so they gave him that ridiculous name, and he became both more and less than what he really was.This entry was posted in Free Verse, poem, Poetry, Prose Poem and tagged Free Verse, names, nom de guerre, poem, poetry, Prose Poem, Vers Libre by B Gourley. Bookmark the permalink.
