Civic Duties

Perched cardinals dress
the cold woods like roses.
A stag lays lifeless
by the oak grove.
His heart rests in my
bloodstained hands.
He will feed my family
in the year to come.
And men behind screens
preach about my obligations.
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Micah Paul Veillon is a writer from Rome, Georgia. He is a recent graduate from Georgia Tech where he studied history, sociology, and philosophy. He is a poet in residence at VoegelinView and his writing has been published in The American Conservative, The European Conservative, and Moonshine & Magnolias, among other publications.

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