Tag: horror
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World on the March
From the vantage of a top window I watch khaki ants vanish Factions action bound make passage Leaving in jolly batches, in patchwork and motley Returning in patch and blood-blotted bandage Hand in hand the gas damaged living in the land of Nod Distant action A sense of traction, of freefall Inked names suffer no…
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Ascent to Zenith (Virgo Venus)
A bleach injection to enhance my senses, Dr Domestos cleaning method At Hod climbing up a well wall to Bethod, leaving fingernails embedded Impressing bloody runes on slick stones, light toward which I’m headed Like a host unleavened held up to heaven by the Reverend’s enemy. Cool sap of Spring hues robes Woodwose ceremony in…
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Police Search
If you see anything, shout halloa We dragged a Toyota Corolla from the creek Dredged it but no body We’ll spend the night combing The area like shell collectors A lot to mull over, pulling out old case files Dust on the boxes, recalling old names, Giles Rasdie a local had been always grasping at…
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Going out for messages after the world ends
Anthrax-tinged winds winnowing through nuke-bared trees Cold as the windowless, hissing like geese the burning steels Kissing her feet while the burning steals The world around us, even the ground dust Is dangerous, another mushrooming nighttime sunrise Demise of some great nation Violet light like an auric field around the stricken power station I can…
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Worse Horrors
Sights I’ve seen make heroes incontinent When jungleshift occurs, will you still be so confident? When the very trees you marked with X’s are gone, sent By vengeful nature to weave and lead your missteps Will you call yourself the apex when you see the henges Raised up here, where ditches to stygian ends blend…
Alchemisland 