Friday, May 21, 2021

Kitten Peepers: Poem 05/21/2021

War on Summer Update: A mild day, though I have so far managed to keep out of the sun. This feels like a tease, a breezy reprieve before the sweltering sets in.


Isle of Farewells 

Every lighter I misplace is out to get me. 
A coalition aflame beneath my bed, or 
worse yet eying the books. I wake from

dreams where I find long gone objects,
allowing me to finally sleep. Lost pens always 
turn muckraker, armies of discarded marbles

sliding down my throat regularly. They are
turning my skin turquoise and at night 
cats' eyes glow and glance under my skin. 

I use the light to read up on men who
taunt their prey for weeks before killing.
I check the door, glowing eyes illuminate

my trot from bedclothes to door before
pouncing back behind the padded shield. 
The eyes under my skin are kitten peepers

compared to what's on my walls. Fear 
mongering myself so I don't long for people
giving me other things to bleed on about. 

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