KINETIC MOJO MACHINE
The point of poetry
is to release the kraken
universal emotion
sucker punched in the toothache
clobber smacked
upside the holy hour
I want to taste
your full moon
shining outside the covers
of sheathes and veils
This is where we draw the line
between the etch and sketch of happiness
all up and down the mountain
scrawled on cave walls
OF TORN LIMBS AND TARGET PRACTICE
Getting closer
then casting off
we’ve been in the pull
of waves and woes for ages
but inhalation
precedes an exhale
and entropy follows creation
before the next spin of spiral
cushion the blow
expansion in shade of cover
expulsion of the venom by
my own syringe inserted
softening the thorny scales
a salve upon peeling flesh
help soothe this boil
alkalize the primal pulses
the torch is scorching
fingertips, held like a cockroach
at the last burning
only wizened sorcerers
enter the portal
without hesitation
one misstep of paranoia
and you’ll become
a hobbled
sheep in the herd
primed for slaughter
OF PAWNS AND BOILED PEANUTS
mounting pressure
cauldron bubbles
the portal was opened
even before you
begged at the altar
plasma intuitively folds
into necessary creases
we’re in the humble process
known as smoothing over
often cited following
acts of love and war
condolences to
all the egos
scattered in the wake
Scott Thomas Outlar originally hails from Lilburn, Georgia. He now resides and writes in Frederick, Maryland. More about Outlar’s work can be found at 17Numa.com.
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