unopened letters from people i poetically murdered.

spiders under
my chandelier
spinning their
prickly legs at
my mail, the
bills from the Los
Angeles Times
with articles about
presidents and
women with guns
and
unopened letters
from people i
once loved,
their poems
like seaweed
winding around
my ankles and
pulling me into
black water.
they pinch
their mouths at
me, clacking like
a parade of sour
harpies and I
have no poison
for arachnids.

• On Thursday, May 22, 2008, Morbid_insanity (127) wrote:
  
  i like the use of spider imagery, it was nice edge. the poem had a nice flow as well, and a very precise metaphor of the poetry to the ocean, pulling. i loved this
  
  
• On Friday, January 18, 2008, What Limes (118) wrote:
  
  great flow.
  
  
• On Thursday, January 17, 2008, veingo (458) wrote:
  
  ♥ *wink* ^V^
  
  
• On Thursday, January 17, 2008, siGht in toucH (448) wrote:
  
  this snatched me into a deep sea of realizations, i enjoyed very much -symph-
  
  
• On Thursday, January 17, 2008, blue (1605) wrote:
  
  lalala.
  
  
• On Thursday, January 17, 2008, Bella Butchery (947) wrote:
  
  slowly pulled under the tide.... one of my most prevelant feelings, and a concept i hold close... excellent
  
  
• On Thursday, January 17, 2008, Niemand (549) wrote:
  
  *speachless*...-Gin