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Back-Story of a Carcass

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A man on the ice in the snow on the worms
Empty handed with empty pockets, and looking for a reason to get up.
A backstabber with bad aim and scars down his spine;
His naivety betrays him.  

The falling flakes tickle the spotlight bestowed upon him
By a rusty light pole who just stood there watching
When another man with shadows in his eyes
And a medical bill on his kitchen counter
Stinking of stale whiskey and in need of a cigarette
Knocked the backstabber down with the blade of a sticky pocketknife

Back-story of this carcass:
A spelling trophy in 3rd grade and a broken heart in 10th
No children to miss him, and no wife to leave him
A macaroni picture on his fridge;
From Tommy next door
To Mister Nice Guy
Right next to last Halloween's uneaten candy

Maybe it's better this way
His eyes shut with a bitter smile
A story of a dying man- The first in a series of poems.

Feel free to check out my other work:
Red Riding Hood's CabaretA dancing girl with fiery hair,
Twirling smoke around her finger
Dances in darkness for a sea of howling wolves
Unclothed, her emptiness is put on stage
To burn in the spotlight
As claws scratch at the floor

She plucks a hot cigarette from one of the fingers
Puts it to her lips and takes a warm sultry drag
"Look, but don't touch" she mutters,
Stepping just close enough for a claw to rip into her thigh

And she whispers into the snarling crowd
"What more do you want?"
as her hips and crimson lips rock smoothly and tempt softly

And while her legs move, her eyes dance and smile,
Unsolvable mazes of golden brown for irises.
A subtle wink giv
Secondhand MoonlightA dingy harem, scattered with junkies,
Stinking of lust and dusty Forget-Me-Nots

A black-veiled, crimson-lipped beauty
Night-haired and spacey-eyed
Purple painted nails laced with cigarette smoke
And a stubby cigarette laced with moonlight
Skulks to my side and burns a hand on my thigh

Age is creeping up her legs
And her panties smell of other men
And a bold-faced tattoo of last month's rent
Is stamped across her feverish forehead

Paper-thin desperation and two mouths to feed with a top hat on top
But the champagne tastes like honey and smells like jazz

You want to dance, Baby Girl?

So I jive with the Shadows and their Whores
Choking o
Blackfish, GoldfishBlackfish, void of ocean's blue
Where blindness grants immortal view
Of infinite, crisp, and cryptic hues
Your unseeing roars and blissful mews
Saturation sanded away
Your color bleached with ebony
And though your veins are void of blood,
The darkness gives you room to breathe

Goldfish dying in the sun
Glamour asphyxiates your lungs
Your soul flails through hot molten gold
Gasping in your glowing bowl
And though you croak with no real chance,
You shine on still and drown in light
To dance your glitz in human hands
Until you savor Blackfish's night
Bar-Coded FacesBar-coded faces stare caustically through me

Pre-Packaged, Pre-Sliced,
Freeze-Dried, Vacuum-Packed,
And Icy-Hearted

No warmth in their sterile stares
And no life in their whirring joints
Just zooming eyes, cuddly as lasers

Mechanically measuring my metallic memories

Pointing at every individualized birthmark on my cheek
And every eyelash that is not mascara-laiden

Staring at the bilious blemishes
And cantankerous defects
Peeping down my fresh-squeezed legs

Calculating what about me needs to change
To be more of the shameful same
To earn the hollow Bar-Code on my face


For more of my writing: www.facebook.com/HanaKPoetry
© 2013 - 2024 Emerald-Alexandria
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