Addictions

Gutless devotion

two souls fettered  

soldered pain and sorrow.  

unbreakable bond

he a runt buck, 

prey for the outside world

sanctified in matrimony through the church of Darwinism 

fear in his eyes

beneath delirious skies 

in awe of violence. 

The timbre in his voice trembles with robust vocabulary

masks the shame of his impotence.  

– A PROCLAMATION–

she

an oak 

Benevolent branches blossomed

May I pluck? –to display in a vase 

to smell eternally 

Velvet voice 

sooth my nerve

Revive my verve 

a good girl – she has been 

Perhaps sent to ease one’s turmoil 

Rip and release the toasted smoke 

Unveiled horned silhouette 

she could very well be the antichrist 

with rolling eyes 

ripe opal berries 

sunken cheeks pronounce her fangs

zipped by wired lips. 

A vagabond, 

a nomad,

a bohemian princess

one thigh

              the other thigh 

  slits 

of 

   winding 

streams 

      leading to an 

oasis.

eve of drunkenness can it be

      The bluebird sings

the night ends among spirits of ember and glaze crowns of thorn bestowed upon the martyrs of the first of five 

a hill on a meadow of rye

two mothers cry  

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Alley Trash 

sour mellow dew 

saturday afternoon 

Crimson eyes jammy and restless

hideous Flies dance around 

under streaking rays

I listen tentatively — their archaic rhythm

they whisper in tongues

Buzz 

buzz 

Buzz

An earthquake erupts 

 doors now closing*

figures beam pass 

a finless swimmer brines in the sea 

the horizon thin and grim

Bobbing up down cupping for air 

surrenders to her remorseless undertow 

Heavy poppy you’re crushing 

waterlogged carcass lays 

Oh heavy poppy 

Will you smooth my callused hands  

sand sifting through my fingers 

 – these are the best seconds of my life –

How I envy you heavy poppy 

eluding the ticking needle 

release me

Silence these grinding gears 

Heavenly poppy 

Take me 

Far 

Far from here

Header Image by Noel Reyes