A lucky discovery! Or more
likely a lackluster recovery so
resilient, vehemently infectious—-
this/brave/new/front:
Believe it is indeed an affront
for all my affections… well,
I can’t spell it out it’s too dangerous
& I can’t scream it out it won’t exit
Is it normal or abnormal I’m undecided
Obsession suppression or aggression
I’m crammed way down inside it///
These words won’t bereave_______me,
You can.
–LM
(Authors Note: running with live wires at 4 AM)
I’ve always been taught to
survive by any means necessary
but the efficacy of that jab
hasn’t been sufficently tested
on people like me
So I’ll stay indoors
& remain ashore/ indeed,
masks strapped to earth’s
decadent carousel
You need a body to experience
this circuit circus comprised
of crayon colors and politics
I’d have to say more than once
I’ve contemplated tearing my ticket
But I’ve got to live with it
–LM
(Authors Note: everything is going wrong)
once more I barely sleep
& when I do dream its suspiciously
foreshadowing
catastrophic:
/still trying to grasp
if any [the meaning]
and if there’s one?
it’s not & never peaches and cream
fuck the sickly sweet
-LM
a sensual hold on my waist
as his body led the dance
whispering low if he’ll have a chance
refuted it with silence
finally opened my maw &
revealed myself
though all my pointed teeth shone
in the lowered light I could tell
he wasn’t ready for Hell
–LM
the sound
the sound
a blood curdling scream
bloomed a rickety spine with ice ___
full stopped the fox,
though he knows for certain now
he’s next
–LM
(Authors Note: dinosaurs have become modern day birds of prey)
Laced with delicate chains, like web
wee diamonds abound—
the fair witch stares through me
anticipating the usual:
Ennui
–LM
under the skull
there lie the monsters// in memories, alabaster fingertips dipped in papercuts,
shivering over duplicitous piano keys
& smears of blood
there lies my great patience
in the soulless quiet
threads of thin fate trickling
d
o
w
n
–LM
Shame decorates my face
like henna &
bitterness poisons my blood
the pressure is sometimes
Inexplicable but always fucking
detestable
When I reflect on my inner world
& how it has not
changed from this sparkling fantasy
to what it’s really supposed to be
The reality is that
I am running mazes constantly
Constantly
How plain can it get?
My music bursts the eardrums. . .
it furls the tongue ///
& I would never wish this on Anyone
–LM
You and I
Agape statues
entwined/fortified
in grip
A pair of twins emulating
unconditional devotion
the gods hang their heads
for they know such love
cannot end
with Death
–LM
Thermal transactions &
flesh to flesh couplings
amidst a frozen body
Mine//
Silent, still, frostbit
Somehow, some way,
not a limb has melted
& despite the flame of life
Raging, surrounding
this saccharine morgue
the lips are purple
eyes as blue
as my skin
–LM
