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My Friend, Frank

I went to visit my friend, Frank
I shouted his name and to no response...
this was the first time in six months 
that I went to visit him....
he already depressed about losing his father
and having his wife leave him....
I tried to get his number, to call him
but... he simply disappeared
I got in touch with one of his co-workers
to get his address...

the first I notice when I visited was the unhinged doors
and the broken wine bottles 

I went to the kitchen
the first thing I noticed there was the smell of spoiled milk
and the first thing I saw were the rat droppings
and roaches crawling in the bread pantry 

I spotted the rusty knives, and smashed plates
the walls were filled with fungus and mold
the roof was the leaking and the doors 
were torn off their hinges....
the garbage bags were ripped apart 
rotten apple cores, half-eaten oranges 
1/3 of a whole pizza and a rusty razor blade 
laid bare...

I went upstairs, 
they creaked and any second they were about to cave in 

on the first door to the right was his room
spiderwebs cuddled with the doorknob
once inside, all I saw was stacked up **** magazines
dried up tissue, and a static TV.....
the pictures were smashed and there was hole in the wall
Cocaine, rusty needles and heroin filled his dresser 

I walked out and went to the second on my left 
there was the attic.... filled with yearbooks,
degrees, pictures, just so many memories left untouched... 

I walked to the last door on my right
that was his bathroom...
I open the door, the first thing I noticed... 

it was Frank's body hanging from the rafters
he was wearing a white wedding dress
with makeup smeared all over his face
roaches ate his eyes and his arms
were coated with dry blood...
the toilet was filled with feces 
the shower curtains were ripped
and the sink ran brown water
there was no note.....
but the body spoke for itself...

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