Digging up buried bones of the past,
formaldehyde memories ... crypt debris
Re-examining works long dead,
suspicions placed once again
under the microscope
Detect an exhumed lie,
skeletal remains
of a premature buried alibi
Neurotic twisted logic
Myelin tears fill the missing synapse link
of a soil carpet double helix
DNA nightshade tragic ...
(do not answer) the doorbell!
Just as life reassurances don’t always
double indemnity policy sell
Sometimes shovel singularity focus
can ne’er black hole end well
Emotional tug on the viol heartstring rug,
wipe the sin dirty guilt feet
No current, criminal behavior to speak of —
the mental ill-will tombstone sealed
any regrets soul bittersweet
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
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