A shopping block fell dark And quiet on A saturday night I was restless and decided To brave the blackness, So struck by its danger When the lights are out The hardy and edged Appear to rout Back the honest With paranoia and fear Of the dark Go home, they said, It’s closing time ForContinue reading “Power Outage on Meridian”
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Uncanny Mannequins
Dark skies Dark city Lights popping Glass rattles to streets Lonely and windowless No place to hide But among all the shade There are things Not human Mannequins unflinching They follow you Staring at you With lifeless desire To make you one of them Stood frozen Like they were once Calmly walking But necks twistedContinue reading “Uncanny Mannequins”
Advanced Research
A muffled dirge Possessive sound Stalking like it’s Sentient An overwhelming Compelling hellfire Felling in Starved echoes A frantic pulse Panicked, enhavocked And beating with Friction so hot Impact injected Directly in shots Gears grind and Servos shift It is it’s own Fuel In an unstoppable Engine Crankshafts Breakbeat Aggression Stokes the heat Dirging likeContinue reading “Advanced Research”
Night Shades
Night Shades A mask to watch Teeming crowds and protect oneself From searchlights Long and bright A jacket tight To blend in Wit the others In plain sight Yet cloaked in cover Pockets of wonder A wallet And some keys That have seen Gritty things Shoes crusted With mud hidden by A supernatural stride InContinue reading “Night Shades”
Spillage
Spillage This isn’t the first time The crystal ball fell And a bone shard shattered, Snapping and popping While it rolls and clatters, Visions within breaking Again. The sphere Decomposes on a Hardwood floor, rolling Past a cauldron And scattered scrolls Written in an Ancient tongue As the ball fuzzes Over and slowly disintegrates. ChipsContinue reading “Spillage”
Little Cell
Little Cell Somewhere steam sputters stressfully Deep in the catacombs of a coal pyre Shoveled into an engine to serve as fuel Somewhere in the distance a boiling fire Pipes venting pressure all around A network of rattling incomprehensible Obscured by smoke from tower flues Oppressively shadowed desaturating through Ducts of a giant massive itContinue reading “Little Cell”
Chieftain Mist Breaker
Chieftain Mist Breaker The bottom of the shaft Of a spear Hits the sand. A foreign substance To bare feet. Beads around necks And leather throngs Of mothers and fathers Where under their stern eyes Designs were painted, Same as on the sticks That held their young ones. Dragged behind Their footsteps in mud WereContinue reading “Chieftain Mist Breaker”
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