half a man
1
five white hairs on her scalp
burning sores on my conscience
a mind on the brink
a falling man
melodrama at louvre
a canvas filled
with colours of discontent
on an unstable easel
a demand for love
toothless without poise
2
listless benumbing days
pain an omnivorous cannibal
nibbling at the edges
of consciousness
in the stillness of night
emotions gush up to my mouth
i vomit
large unedifying spuds
of searing anguish
a mercenary throng of termites
