Charred rags of a dreamer
hang from the narrow staircase
body odor of a twisted
individual sings of loneliness
through the threadbare fabric
Buttons like psychotic eyeballs
without lids blink somehow
with a smile from yesterday's wastebasket
Footprints melted into every other step like tortured soldiers
in a row drum down the hallway without doors just locks fallen
to the freshly sanded flooring
Forget me nots and babies
breath hang like witches
brooms off the heavily carved beams carved with the faces
of gargoyles their fangs
dripping with condensation
Tongues from below licking upwards for moisture to
soothe the belly's on fire vomiting mad dog 20-20
like kool-aid
Words came from voices
out of nowhere the melody
stuck in my head whirling
around like some sick.lavendar carousel with demented horses taking lead mounting each
other with appreciation their manes knotted and disheveled from saliva of the one who
came before stinking
of piss and tasting like
vinegar
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