30 June 2010

this is the truth

i never look in drainage ditches
or sewer tunnels or landscaping
on the side of the freeway
because i'm scared that i might see
a dismembered body
a severed hand or a lonely foot
or a violet white cadaver
with blunt force trauma
and stab wounds
abandoned in the growth
lazily hiding in a shallow grave
adorned with dying plants
and bloodied clothing
i'm afraid that if i look
a face will be there
staring back at me
with terror frozen
in it's rigor mortis eyes.

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