This madness draws myrmidons,
Phantasmagorical faces flashing in, out
In, out, encrusted in popsicle gems.
Masks or muzzles . . . darkhearts or dreams?Nothing's what it seems.
Beats beyond hearts, blood rushing through
Corridors in skulls once lovely, now
Museums for the bizarre:
Bloated rosebuds,
Diamond-dust on gilt lids,
Silken strand curtains,
Vermillion voices in velveteen ears.
Denizens of the drastic
Glow in the decadence
Of the Venetian tile
Beneath the brilliance of
Incalculable crystals.
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Poems for Morbid Children
PoetryThis is a collection of some of my more curious and macabre poems. Many of my poems play with words, the sounds and shapes of them. However, I often attempt to delineate emotion and sensation I cannot otherwise word, or I take inspiration from legen...
