Grindr
by Alex Long
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I am the world’s memory of
A
beheaded Parisian aristocrat.
May I swivel off
Your lovely look and skull,
And masquerade it as mine own?
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I long for one single eyeball configuration
Communicating affection.
I crave just one word
Of validation gently uttered.
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Under each full moon I
Morph into a rascal canine.
I would savor your innards
Stringing through my fangs
Like spaghetti. I like it
Ruff.
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I weep into my latte
And howl hiss at my phone.
A lonely frozen orphan
Turning to ice within my
Antarctic of the soul.
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I am a primordial coil of chaos.
A giant serpent who slithered with dinosaurs underfoot,
Awakened from my slumber by
the Perfume
of your
despair.
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I tighten my jaws in your abdomen,
My tongue drowning in you deluge
red.
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Blood glut, I return to my lair and sleep
for another numberless millennia.
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© 2019 Alex Long
Alex is a fan of Gothic literature, monsters, and opera. He runs
a Bible study and works in an office. You can find him on Twitter
@BiddyBiddyBum.
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