Nerve Gas

Razed garden hung 
Icicle vines crept mortar 
Fingers of the dead 

And the sun died 
Cataract eyed sinking 
This limitless implosion 

Craven mustard then spread 
Barbed 
Waspish sting and evisceration

Slinking down the brick 
I felt incorrigible 
Violence 

The lone oranges dangle 
The only fruit 
Are clockwork 

My black heart suppurated
Necrosis 

Nerve gas sought 
Release to silence 
The screaming 
Myelin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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