A RIVAL

by Nevada Kerr


It was more than an hallucination
Semiliquid in the ooze
Growing denser by the second
But too discrete to fuse

Dislodging in the rupture
And peeling off a bone
Clotting blood restructured
Severance postponed

A crevice in the interval
Opened like a wound
Spinning and centrifugal
And reeling in the swoon

Circumcised, without eyes
Merging at a joint
Overstated, exaggerated
But too pink to disappoint

Protracted, exuberant
Effervescent and abrupt
It reconnected ligaments
Spasmodic and corrupt

In a network of tangled skins
Wrinkled and misplaced
Halfway between dead and dying
Searching for a face


Written by © Raven Drake
March 22, 2007.

Created: October 2007 © Paul Kinder

Last Updated: 21/10/07