By H.S. White
May 24, 2012
She…
Crawls in Demerol haze
Bleeding
Cancerous
Lithium glaze
Six degrees 'til mescaline
Icy winter nettles
Chrome glinting
Migraine
Spitting
Splitting
Shitting
Pale fish pass beneath copper waves
And heaves
And heaves
Chapped, bristling leaves
And brief contralto
Anguish and
She…
Slips the mindless faze
Humming
Numbing
Geritol gaze
Strangling summer skeins
Skimpy
Skinny
Skirmish
AWAKE! AWAKE!
Roaches on a birthday cake
Blue-vein fist
Turtlehead
Callous wrist
Papery
Origami napery…folding
Bending
Cutting
She…
