react

react ―

            react �"

                        reaction

time s l o w s.

 

moon falls dead.

thoughts grow teeth.

teeth grow venomous.

 

Bacardi head rocks slowly

on the edge of Ever-

                                disasters,

                         death,

                    war �"

blood bubbles in breast

milk.

 

still you twist the colored knobs

and suckle at the popcorn poison;

static-

         static clingers:

 

     pixilated

                 window zombies

in every passing frame:

                  Chiclet teeth and nursery eyes-

                             pretty-pretty

            Purveyors of Doom!

 

saddle up,

sadsack!

 

disaster dope harness:

ride your invisible problem

 

   d

   o

   w

   n

   into the designer flames.

 

it’s okay to fall, lifeless,

into the mystery void.

 

God, Grandma, and Johnny Cash

are there

waiting for you �"

building you a new mansion out

of uneaten Halloween candy

and lost gold teeth.

 

bring your toothbrush

and your rosary beads.

 

       rot is eternal.

Reviews

[Amy Bumpas]

These are kick a*s lines: God, Grandma, and Johnny Cash
are there
waiting for you "
building you a new mansion out
of uneaten Halloween candy
and lost gold teeth.


bring your toothbrush
and your rosary beads.


rot is eternal.


You sure know how to put things...hehe!!

[Jūdan FyreHeart]

You have a great way of playing with shape etc to really push across your point and make it linger in the reader's mind. A suitably dystopian, cynical piece of descension into reality of the filth which this world has become. Why fight it? Push yourself for those material goods and dive in head first.

[John Patrick Robbins AK..]

Hits like a sledge to the back of the skull f*****g brillant amigo hell man honestly you can pen a write better than most love the cut straight through the bullshit style inwhich you always write cheers Gonzo

[Ed Hart]

i don't know about eternal, but it's certainly spreading

[Lilly Negoi]

this - is one moldy perspective...doesn't everything get to that eventually?

[SkinlessFrank]

reading these lines is giving me a toothache in places where i don't even have teeth

[roarke]

I always wondered what happened to Johnny Cash.... he had a great t.v. show.

rot, nothin' a little WD40 and wire brush won't handle.

[Kenneth The Poet]

I love this. The last statement says it all.