Mark of the Beast
— a poem by Pikthall




Mark of the Beast

An asymmetry
Unveiled for censure alone
Thrown, twinned and twisted
Ensnared by the white-mosquito
Or mile marker 11-44
Premonitions of tragedy
Everything
An act of
Willpower







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Pikthall is a writer and the Editor of Imperative Papers

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Ashley Montagu was a prolific British-American anthropologist.