From BEING TOWARDS DEATH

Dragged behind
the corpse of
of every new tenant
[ ... ]

Soft , lowlit
[ ... ]

& seeing in itself [etc]
fertile ground
[ ... ]

Yr wound opens &
& floods with seawater
[ ... ]

Turns foul
[ ... ]

Speaks thru the sides /
[cont.] of yr mouth

& leaks copper
[ ... ]

We are living in times of exceptional instability
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[ ... ]

& worse yet
My body’s occupied /
[cont.] by dull guests (whom)
I cannot exorcise

[ ... ] TO MY

ㅤㅤㅤVICTIMS SAY

What first appeared as fingers /
sharpens as spikes

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Mike Carrao lives in Chicago. BEING TOWARDS DEATH is now available from Crop Circle Press.