Submissions by case28 (Alexander Case)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm not the antichrist and I'm sure as fuck not the virgin Mary but somewhere between ulna and radius you'll feel every single word when I drive in the nails
Safe and Sickness
I’m safe, drowning the spirits
sitting inside the mosquito mesh,
probed with buzz-knock proboscis
edgy, used needles by the thousands.
I know the dengue fever won’t kill me.
But the death adder under the pandanus
intoxicated from my overflow
with calculated vengeance
and lethal love bite,
thinks it’s a threat.
The coldblooded ambush hunter
banded in hush camouflage, is
just another threatened species
and is safe enough around me.
It knows to stay concealed ...
sitting inside the mosquito mesh,
probed with buzz-knock proboscis
edgy, used needles by the thousands.
I know the dengue fever won’t kill me.
But the death adder under the pandanus
intoxicated from my overflow
with calculated vengeance
and lethal love bite,
thinks it’s a threat.
The coldblooded ambush hunter
banded in hush camouflage, is
just another threatened species
and is safe enough around me.
It knows to stay concealed ...
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I’d Be [a] Sly Fox
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Feed [the witch hunt]
They enter [muted]
the room drops silver chimes
announcing the black bride waltz
her blonde hair slashed short
teased into a bloody bouquet
of severed serpent heads
her charcoal eyes weep
into a skeleton hand obscuring her face
flamingo legs step stones in stilettoes
echoing the stabbing death of atmosphere
the bearded man in her wake
appears misplaced and unkempt
he pauses on the threshold
thinking if he should turn away
and melt into the [december] sun
but he has nowhere to go, now
it’s too late…...
the room drops silver chimes
announcing the black bride waltz
her blonde hair slashed short
teased into a bloody bouquet
of severed serpent heads
her charcoal eyes weep
into a skeleton hand obscuring her face
flamingo legs step stones in stilettoes
echoing the stabbing death of atmosphere
the bearded man in her wake
appears misplaced and unkempt
he pauses on the threshold
thinking if he should turn away
and melt into the [december] sun
but he has nowhere to go, now
it’s too late…...
230 reads
20 Comments
Drain Me
Lost hearts gather on the city skyline
like rumbling storm clouds, seducing
sporadic tears fall onto deserted streets,
warm tar vapour is inhaled into my lungs.
The cross fall draws pain into the stream
washing me away in you, into exhilaration,
as momentum builds volume and velocity
pulling me under. You drain me, instantly
my heart is torn from it’s cage, through
the vortex of our intoxicating fantasies.
I seek you, child
delivered into this underworld,
a labyrinth of hardened veins
beneath the foundations of reality,...
like rumbling storm clouds, seducing
sporadic tears fall onto deserted streets,
warm tar vapour is inhaled into my lungs.
The cross fall draws pain into the stream
washing me away in you, into exhilaration,
as momentum builds volume and velocity
pulling me under. You drain me, instantly
my heart is torn from it’s cage, through
the vortex of our intoxicating fantasies.
I seek you, child
delivered into this underworld,
a labyrinth of hardened veins
beneath the foundations of reality,...
149 reads
16 Comments
The Fuss
It’s complicated
the decisions he employed
painfully, daily
not one to sit and deliberate
he measures predicaments in bare foot quandary
navigating the boundaries
outside the confines of office grim and associates
weaving the under bore
through a web of peepholes
between chaos and excrement
from a company that dealt it
because they couldn’t give it
he’s had to make some tough decisions, lately
walking with purpose
bound four corners of the block
bouncing off the kerb like some rogue juggernaut
rolling over on impact...
the decisions he employed
painfully, daily
not one to sit and deliberate
he measures predicaments in bare foot quandary
navigating the boundaries
outside the confines of office grim and associates
weaving the under bore
through a web of peepholes
between chaos and excrement
from a company that dealt it
because they couldn’t give it
he’s had to make some tough decisions, lately
walking with purpose
bound four corners of the block
bouncing off the kerb like some rogue juggernaut
rolling over on impact...
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14 Comments
Steel Flames
Winding back the odometer clock
to when we cruised down the highway
you couldn’t keep your hands off me
with your long legs up on the dash
swinging with inertia to the body roll
bouncing creaks on steel leaf springs
that car of hellfire found me
dismantled in my dreams
jettisoned unreliability
with thrashing flames
drawn from wheel arches…
it was an omen, nitro injected
rolled out from the spray booth
spewing heat with forked tongues
on the hood, quarter panels and doors
ablaze over matt...
to when we cruised down the highway
you couldn’t keep your hands off me
with your long legs up on the dash
swinging with inertia to the body roll
bouncing creaks on steel leaf springs
that car of hellfire found me
dismantled in my dreams
jettisoned unreliability
with thrashing flames
drawn from wheel arches…
it was an omen, nitro injected
rolled out from the spray booth
spewing heat with forked tongues
on the hood, quarter panels and doors
ablaze over matt...
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The Morning
I awoke
knowing you had passed
absence was clearer
than Spica in waxing night
the morning sun
did not shine upon your skin
the coldness
forever in touch
with hands and lips
the silence of your charm
echo but a distant gasp
from the hole in my heart
I found you dancing
amongst the coastal heath
where Rabbit Orchids sigh
I sensed you rousing
in the blood I sipped
from iron earth vines
you kissed radiant tears
in the calm ocean breeze
my shining
every day in...
knowing you had passed
absence was clearer
than Spica in waxing night
the morning sun
did not shine upon your skin
the coldness
forever in touch
with hands and lips
the silence of your charm
echo but a distant gasp
from the hole in my heart
I found you dancing
amongst the coastal heath
where Rabbit Orchids sigh
I sensed you rousing
in the blood I sipped
from iron earth vines
you kissed radiant tears
in the calm ocean breeze
my shining
every day in...
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Storm of VLAD
He slid into my mind
somewhere between
third and fourth gear
chalky constricted fit
he’s never left a print
my frail mental state
locked behind lenses
air supply and drums
challenges my weight
in gold with gas flame
liquefies in solidarity
reconstructing the die
from...
somewhere between
third and fourth gear
chalky constricted fit
he’s never left a print
my frail mental state
locked behind lenses
air supply and drums
challenges my weight
in gold with gas flame
liquefies in solidarity
reconstructing the die
from...
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Son of Zeus
The sensation of immortality
‘Hail, the potent son of Zeus’
he who cloaked my mortality
I was a rogue cannon ball
shooting like a burning star
falling from an empty sky
once power packed like a
ravenous Pac-man, popping
power pellets to save the world
a Casanova… charming
comical and wickedly quick
to flaunt my humming stick
gimme, gimme, ferocious fun
immerse me, the narcotic sponge
taunted by my induced paranoia
I sat back to enjoy the ghost ride
scoffing at the...
‘Hail, the potent son of Zeus’
he who cloaked my mortality
I was a rogue cannon ball
shooting like a burning star
falling from an empty sky
once power packed like a
ravenous Pac-man, popping
power pellets to save the world
a Casanova… charming
comical and wickedly quick
to flaunt my humming stick
gimme, gimme, ferocious fun
immerse me, the narcotic sponge
taunted by my induced paranoia
I sat back to enjoy the ghost ride
scoffing at the...
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Coastal Melaleuca
Wandering the tranquil coastline forest
a secret sanctuary, sheltered by dunes
isolated by freshwater billabongs, I gaze
into enchanting tangled blue reflections
suspended in black tannin backwaters
twisted roots snare limbs and torsos
of lost lovers that carelessly ventured
beyond the safety of the sandy shores
Melaleuca, humble tree of hidden truth
sweet fragrant leaves heal my wounds
paper bark peels from crooked trunks
versatile fabric to her keeper’s customs ...
a secret sanctuary, sheltered by dunes
isolated by freshwater billabongs, I gaze
into enchanting tangled blue reflections
suspended in black tannin backwaters
twisted roots snare limbs and torsos
of lost lovers that carelessly ventured
beyond the safety of the sandy shores
Melaleuca, humble tree of hidden truth
sweet fragrant leaves heal my wounds
paper bark peels from crooked trunks
versatile fabric to her keeper’s customs ...
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The Whisperers
I keep losing my mind
in an array of coffee stains
stirring my subconscious
choking me when I sleep
if only I could hold my breath
long enough to hear
the whisperers
in my ear
if only
I could stay awake
these awkward moments
have now begun
the anti-silence of my mind
random episodes of violence
and tendencies to hear voices
tempting
slurring
blurting out profanities
fumbling for my sanity
in the final fight scene
desperately
I grapple
for the
gun ...
in an array of coffee stains
stirring my subconscious
choking me when I sleep
if only I could hold my breath
long enough to hear
the whisperers
in my ear
if only
I could stay awake
these awkward moments
have now begun
the anti-silence of my mind
random episodes of violence
and tendencies to hear voices
tempting
slurring
blurting out profanities
fumbling for my sanity
in the final fight scene
desperately
I grapple
for the
gun ...
201 reads
14 Comments
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