Bringing life to metal Wringing death to flesh Coarse, iron-roughened hands A lifetime of molding shapes others want Perfect for caressing a stubbled jaw
Veins trickle like molten lava Bonsai branches wind upward Roads that lead to nowhere Dendrite short-circuiting Blunt head trauma at 19
Now all faces look the same Yet a name for every tool in his workshed Sifting the river styx for lost souls One lighthouse eye open The other a patchwork of scars
Lowly, dark, handsome little thing Hair soaked in asphalt Now turned ghost-wheat in reaper's touch A motherless hybrid Alloy of honeycomb and yearning ash.
Eiji Darnell — A blacksmith ceased.
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Eiji Darnell — A blacksmith who used to make weapons for a living now gently guides souls to the afterlife. Diagnosed with prosopagnosia due to blunt force head trauma.
