Submissions by Kimchimuse
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Letter to a fly (in memoriam)
Strange children trample all the pretty flowers, in memory of
Death, time's parade and master.
An odd song infects termite ridden souls,
they carry their guns like daredevils on camera.
Blood pours from their eyes and ears, these children
these petulant children scream, and scream loudly they do.
Their mission is meager miniscule and marginal
they proclaim, "I am important".
Sadly, all they really do is mumble through a pillow;
these strange flowers bloom at every city grave.
Death, time's parade and master.
An odd song infects termite ridden souls,
they carry their guns like daredevils on camera.
Blood pours from their eyes and ears, these children
these petulant children scream, and scream loudly they do.
Their mission is meager miniscule and marginal
they proclaim, "I am important".
Sadly, all they really do is mumble through a pillow;
these strange flowers bloom at every city grave.
793 reads
4 Comments
Aphrodite
My goddess I cast prayers, I beg you royal sparrow,
yield your song starry flower, raise the fire in my heart
arouse my tongue Aphrodite, I worship I perish at your feet.
--Greek subject in (Korean) sijo form
yield your song starry flower, raise the fire in my heart
arouse my tongue Aphrodite, I worship I perish at your feet.
--Greek subject in (Korean) sijo form
827 reads
6 Comments
Bonny and Clyde (alternate version)
Empty bottles of liquor cover the floor.
“I don’t need you Clyde. I’m more man than you’ll ever be.”
She drops her dress and sticks out her pierced tongue. Two Tommy gun tattoos cover her right and left arms. She hesitates for a moment and then gestures for him to come with her.
Bonny softly says, “Come on baby, no one’s gonna catch us. We livin’ supreme.”
Clyde shakes his head. His hands can’t stop shaking. Bonny gives him two middle fingers and puts her dress back on.
She laughs angrily and points a finger defiantly at him.
“The...
“I don’t need you Clyde. I’m more man than you’ll ever be.”
She drops her dress and sticks out her pierced tongue. Two Tommy gun tattoos cover her right and left arms. She hesitates for a moment and then gestures for him to come with her.
Bonny softly says, “Come on baby, no one’s gonna catch us. We livin’ supreme.”
Clyde shakes his head. His hands can’t stop shaking. Bonny gives him two middle fingers and puts her dress back on.
She laughs angrily and points a finger defiantly at him.
“The...
743 reads
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Charlie Chaplin
A surreal portrait,
sitting on a curb
eating a weathered
leather shoe.
sitting on a curb
eating a weathered
leather shoe.
665 reads
5 Comments
Fingerprints
On the paper of my soul,
your tongue covered in ink,
strong soft brushstrokes.
your tongue covered in ink,
strong soft brushstrokes.
1007 reads
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Twin Flames
In bed
seeing you
clumsy hands
Before my body catches up
I've already danced from your earlobes to your lips
Poppies bloom across your skin and tulips
paint your eyes in orange and pink
I descend to your bliss and tongue slide into your soul
Slowly rhythmically
faster
faster
faster
till the Universe
is born
and lips and hands and feet
slumber
In bed
seeing you
my soul mirror
seeing you
clumsy hands
Before my body catches up
I've already danced from your earlobes to your lips
Poppies bloom across your skin and tulips
paint your eyes in orange and pink
I descend to your bliss and tongue slide into your soul
Slowly rhythmically
faster
faster
faster
till the Universe
is born
and lips and hands and feet
slumber
In bed
seeing you
my soul mirror
1001 reads
8 Comments
Jack the Ripper is a pussy
My eyes gouged out
my tongue sliced off
you mock my words
I laugh at your conceit
when you turn your back
be ready for my knife
I promise you I'll be kinder gentler
than you in bed
my tongue sliced off
you mock my words
I laugh at your conceit
when you turn your back
be ready for my knife
I promise you I'll be kinder gentler
than you in bed
685 reads
3 Comments
Past Lives
Medusa lives in my heart,
in loving others, my heart
turns to stone.
I adore the lifeless, their numb touch
never has to be explained.
My colorless smile, lips
dull gray and bleeding, will never beg forgiveness.
I dance on Athena's grave.
(I curse my prison)
in loving others, my heart
turns to stone.
I adore the lifeless, their numb touch
never has to be explained.
My colorless smile, lips
dull gray and bleeding, will never beg forgiveness.
I dance on Athena's grave.
(I curse my prison)
751 reads
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Black widow's song
He cuts butterflies from her skin
mocks her for being cold
vanilla perfume streaks the sibilant air
her tiny hands cup her watercolor breasts
her curves slither and part
her meal surrenders happily
drunk on pheromones laced with cyanide
he has a fondness for her uncultivated legs
she laughs and rips his tongue out
gorges on his masculine power
consumes his elemental fire
her beauty scarred
she sheds her skin and moves on
mocks her for being cold
vanilla perfume streaks the sibilant air
her tiny hands cup her watercolor breasts
her curves slither and part
her meal surrenders happily
drunk on pheromones laced with cyanide
he has a fondness for her uncultivated legs
she laughs and rips his tongue out
gorges on his masculine power
consumes his elemental fire
her beauty scarred
she sheds her skin and moves on
973 reads
6 Comments
the Akashic vault
I met in the parking lot
two maggots fighting for Indian take out
two gladiators
primitive
their hands equipped with brass knuckles
they carved supernovas in each other's jawbones and eye sockets
souls spasm in the spectacle of incarnation
round after round
stars implode
comets camouflage their jabs and uppercuts in trails of icy Sanskrit
our universe KO'd in cosmic Nirvana
two maggots endlessly reborn
fighting for Indian...
two maggots fighting for Indian take out
two gladiators
primitive
their hands equipped with brass knuckles
they carved supernovas in each other's jawbones and eye sockets
souls spasm in the spectacle of incarnation
round after round
stars implode
comets camouflage their jabs and uppercuts in trails of icy Sanskrit
our universe KO'd in cosmic Nirvana
two maggots endlessly reborn
fighting for Indian...
1137 reads
8 Comments
I am a poppy
heart
tongue
nude
pale
blush
shiver
five fingers bloom opium scented
skin
our empress in golden flaked lipstick
climbs her divinely blessed throne
and sways
sways on a bloody wind
tongue
nude
pale
blush
shiver
five fingers bloom opium scented
skin
our empress in golden flaked lipstick
climbs her divinely blessed throne
and sways
sways on a bloody wind
1058 reads
7 Comments
the angry dead
My angel screams
screams and points at the phantom men.
This world creates shadows at the gallows,
palpitate pretty violins and cellos,
My angel screams.
Wrongness soaks my bones and I choke on prayers,
no reset button for a non-standard child.
Wrongness in every word and breath,
I live with the dead every night.
Angry souls that never let me sleep.
screams and points at the phantom men.
This world creates shadows at the gallows,
palpitate pretty violins and cellos,
My angel screams.
Wrongness soaks my bones and I choke on prayers,
no reset button for a non-standard child.
Wrongness in every word and breath,
I live with the dead every night.
Angry souls that never let me sleep.
887 reads
12 Comments
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