Sunday, August 7, 2022

Poem: Inside the Mind of a Ghost

 

Inside the Mind of a Ghost

 

doors tilt to spin 

and the no-way-out victim-

hood shifts its tricks to no way

to get clear of the uninten-

tional roulette.  more walls,

more corners, more trips, coming  

faster to achieve less.  

the spin, the spill, the howl of 

the hunt through the haunt of whatever-

this-is.  so hungry.  lies, mirrors.  

i wrap my skeleton to my 

panicked bosom and feel the

marrow scream but no heartbeat.  

i turn into  a crushed-up, rolling thing 

which careens in a whirl of zooms, 

faster and faster, trying not to stop, 

not to fall, not to go down, help me!  

into the lurking cellar of risk. 


 


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7/26 ... zillions of mods

6/26/24  ... 


7/16/23  ... "truth" replaces "ugly (n)" ... "fungus" replaces "mold"

Aug 15  ... added "yet"

Aug 7/22 ... minor changes hours after posting



 

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