The Accursed Conscience

I woke up screaming
to the death cry
of a ghost city
in a haunted room
at the top
of a bleak house
dripping blood.
And I wiped away
the cold sweat
from the beaded forehead
of my severed head
lying on the dusty
cobwebbed sheets
of an eternal dying bed.
While the dusky demon
crouched on my chest
nightmarishly complained
about my broken screaming nerves
disturbing his hellish rest.

Max Bindi is an Italian author/poet/songwriter. His work has been featured in several Anthologies of Poetry and Aphorisms, Children's books and international Literary Magazines both online and in print, including: Aphelion Webzine, The Horror Zine, The Sirens Call eZine, Better Than Starbucks, tsuri-doro and it is forthcoming in Lovecraftiana 2023 from Rogue Planet Press.

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