Body
fathering cum
moist as morning dew
in baggy stretch of cotton
potter wasps building clay urns
under feet of mud
the sun
a tomb
of blood
bleeding light
warming bushmeat
thick between thighs
opened
like a window
bruises pocking leg bone
knots in wood
black and infinite
in reach
in the dream of the stomach
there is a dead child
huffing cum
in
eclipse of flame
Scaphism
milk honey shit pool dead flies eating bugs eating until inside out is
gone sweet of raw honey soothing cool milk laid on body to coat and
dry in paste sun bubbling skin milk soothing wasps eating skin sliding
meat off bone skin supple sticky wasps suckling sweet milk like calf
nosing udder skin sloughing and festering gang of flies and black bees eating
skin mind high in delirium of pain rat sperming its fear in the sweltering
blood of the body large gouts like a camp spigot retching bleak the belly
of sin blooming like mold in the skein of slimed meat shit thick in the stable
of the cask body anointed in corruption of bowels shit intersemates with
honey fermenting wine the mead of body pools and bursts offal exposed round
and pocked as river stones the slickness of death sweating sweet in the blare
of bright sun
gone sweet of raw honey soothing cool milk laid on body to coat and
dry in paste sun bubbling skin milk soothing wasps eating skin sliding
meat off bone skin supple sticky wasps suckling sweet milk like calf
nosing udder skin sloughing and festering gang of flies and black bees eating
skin mind high in delirium of pain rat sperming its fear in the sweltering
blood of the body large gouts like a camp spigot retching bleak the belly
of sin blooming like mold in the skein of slimed meat shit thick in the stable
of the cask body anointed in corruption of bowels shit intersemates with
honey fermenting wine the mead of body pools and bursts offal exposed round
and pocked as river stones the slickness of death sweating sweet in the blare
of bright sun
Black Fur
two women
with long hair and
black fur on their lips
braided rope
from the manes of
strange horses
with long hair and
black fur on their lips
braided rope
from the manes of
strange horses
they looped each loop
around my neck
the fur on their lips
quivering
the hair on their
naked breasts
dark like dyed cotton
and their nails
long and grey
as
nails
around my neck
the fur on their lips
quivering
the hair on their
naked breasts
dark like dyed cotton
and their nails
long and grey
as
nails
my neck
snapped
like a goose on
the butcher block
the land
washed clean in the blood
snapped
like a goose on
the butcher block
the land
washed clean in the blood
the manes of strange horses
wrapped around
the twig
of my throat
blood falling dark as old varnish
gooed in the crease
of their yelling
wrapped around
the twig
of my throat
blood falling dark as old varnish
gooed in the crease
of their yelling
the musk of loss
fell rich from trees
fell rich from trees
the gutshot of
maple death
gave the land its sacrifice
maple death
gave the land its sacrifice
clouds above spun
like tufts of wool
in the monstrous loom of sky
like tufts of wool
in the monstrous loom of sky
ATWA
ATWA
ATWA
ATWA
acorns scrape the air
browning leaves float
the night is cold
the night is colder
ATWA
ATWA
bleat until your lungs
grow dim
Prayed
the soreness packed
like gauze
or bees in mud
flitting violent under the shroud of earth
like gauze
or bees in mud
flitting violent under the shroud of earth
I lost a lot of blood to God
O God
I prayed
a bonefire burning
the sinews of grace
O God
I prayed
a bonefire burning
the sinews of grace
.
inside the milky world will die
inside the musk a spirit grew
Bones
frail bones holding belly
belly sore its sore my belly sore
I've lost a lot of blood
out of the grave
of my asshole
body drugged
body dragged
across the tile
white as ivory
lines thick and red
as steak
tears heavy as a saddle
dilute the rich blood
dilute the
rich red blood
S.M.H. is a writer. They have two books out from VoidFront Press.
