Skin thickening; Melanin to armor. I see your comment: it weighs me down. Back stiffening; Spine to sword. I read your silence: it weighs me down. Blood boiling; Heart to stone. Too brown-heavy, to carry on. There’s a joke in the poetry world that, if you feel the need to explain your poem at length, you should just sit down and write a better poem. … Continue reading brown-heavy