Sink, Sunk
by DJ Young
the moon's got it out for
the far-sighted
punkish usuper supping
on the upswing of
a downward slope
she's a righteous
mole digger,
burrowing into
her own viscera,
leaking deep into
a used mattress
once owned by a
mental patient
named Other Than
surrendered to sunlight
rendered inhospitable
by a fancy pharmaceutical
called Normal
her inmate folds
postcards of
unruly handwritten
impossibles
to the unspoken
object of an
undeclared
affliction
she wishes you.
she misses you.
Really like the breakdown of language in the second half -
"her inmate folds
postcards of
unruly handwritten
impossibles
to the unspoken
object of an
undeclared
affliction"
And the twist of thought / phrasing that follows. Good piece, DJ. *
"...usuper supping
on the upswing of
a downward slope"
I'm getting dizzy, and I like it. *
Very good poem (I applaud your word play), but O, those capitalized Bunyanisms!
makes my heart feel calm after bad breakup