Get Your Premium Membership

Heartbreak

O’ Casagemas, what is this Heartbreak I hear, from this woman with sagged, fired breasts and onion hips that tell a strumpet? This cruel, shameless voyeur with little mind — who owns a vainglorious torso; a Lady Serpent, viperous! O’ Casagemas, this Heartbreak hurts, running streams of cold blood at cockcrow. We cannot be counted among men but among lizards with tail monuments. Veronica, Juliet, Ada or Ulu? How does one even spell her name, with votive words, or with streaks of bleeding ink? Heartbreak spills from a hollow platter, gushing cascades of heated tears. Caustic! A ruinous fountain. Dream. Casagemas sprouts, a monocotyledon on which she feasts — succubus! Incubus at noon. Night. Painted on the frame of a subtopia, this naked virago — pulse of falsetto — weeps at the feet of the grave of Casagemas. Morning. Velvet roses and tailored satin, pink and white fluff for Casagema’s Rebirth and christening ceremony. In attendance: fair daughters of Eve, naked, baby-fresh and Casagemanous, to wreak vengeance on this hag with a fluke in her liver.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

A comment has not been posted for this poem. Encourage a poet by being the first to comment.


Book: Reflection on the Important Things