The death romantic

There is a sound that
escapes this town
makes a soul deskin
and favor the void
it has not yet been
living
in

steady as she goes
the death romantic
throws the world to the
wind
makes foreign particles of
light
blend
in

with i were i without you now
sea shallow
boned-marrow
frown
bury your heart
to begin aga
in.

In the guise of love

Falter against broken altar
knees bruised and bloodied, red
how far we have crawled
to have come not far at all.

Continue passing judgement.
Perpetuate your mythology.
Exclude all who do not accept.
Disseminate hate
all in the guise of love.

A memory

Let me please you, so that i might forget to
please me
let me be the ice that picks
you forever free
let me pass through this world
a memory.