DarkPoetry -|- doll on the rag -|- dreaming

dreaming

(a slow poison in the system)

cradle me
stereophonic:
bullet to the brain
right between the ears
and down the spine

you shiver me splendidly

i heave
clutch
gasp
larval in my rebirth
wetwhite and glistening
in places i was once
stillborn

unbraced and bare-boned
(you tore my flesh from me
ages ago)
i'm clawing through the dirt
slick with membrane memories
unweighted with the corporeal burden
of organs--

i hollowed this excuse
of an existence
to take you in

would you choose
such a prison?

could my plea
be sufficient?

drop your shoulders back
and grace me:
steel string vocal chords
snapping under fire-tongued fingers
(or did you always
wrench from me
my pulpy heart,
past cracked lips
that mouthed misunderstandings
so innocently?)

it's more than my
maggoted vertebrae
can bear

i shudder
my last
and then
no more

fetal position
self sacrifice
executed
among similar skeletons

could you
with your slender hands
pull from my mouth
what remnants
may be found:
a soul
like rotted seaweed
coiled around my tongue

the last thing
i have to give

________

a love-ish poem to davey, for reasons i understand now.

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On Saturday August 13th, 2005, TheBardOfBlasphemy (468) writes:

good god below... how do you do this? The gorefest horrorshow here is better than any film... and yet, upon a rereading... it IS a love-ish poem... how bizarre...

On Saturday August 13th, 2005, doll on the rag (222) writes:

ah, love... such a strange thing, no? =)

On Friday August 12th, 2005, not an addict (55) writes:

something tells me you'll be joining me in the heart next time (and there will be a next time)? and then i suppose we'll have to share him ;)

On Friday August 12th, 2005, doll on the rag (222) writes:

there'd better be a next time, dear... and yes, i think sharing can be managed. =)

On Wednesday August 10th, 2005, blue (1757) writes:

Love-ish? I'd say this could be seen as a refernce point for 'dark poetry'. You definitely have a way woth words. Most enjoyed this was! ~b

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