by Rowan Reddy
Quasar
Pomegranate seeds drip from the gibbous moon
Every speck of light has been dragged beyond the event horizon
Peel strips of rind off the dark red moon
And scrape out its innards with a silver spoon
Food Chains
Swallowed by the ravening abyss
By beetles, by crows, by starving foxes
Struggling infinitely against the grain
Foetal
A zodiac of carrion instinct
A dog wiping bloody feathers from its jaws as its innards are pecked apart
Extinct
The first and final wingbeats of a cooling heart
Asperitas
I watch the stars fade and wish on every one
The static behind my eyes sickens to be free
My thoughts, sharply feathered, soar too close to the sun
I am cocooned in skin that doesn’t belong to me
The ringing of silence is unbearably loud
Gravity prickles down my neck
I plummet weightlessly into the cloud The Earth below me is a forgettable speck
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