Starkweather Shroud
(R. Resmini) Spent years deadening my nerves Turn violence inward Rise to the sight Grey industrial haze shroud over the city Resign rationale for reptilian calm All frustrations mount and spiral Anneal my animus Slavering teeth rake venom from my tongue Dredge up far reaching horrors Suffer patiently Invite infection to nourish the cancer Unparalleled extremes Enter, if you will, virgin territory No comfort here inside this, the bleak house Darkness absolute A pure form imitation of life Room antiseptic white, blank expressionless Sliding hands across the plaster Feel for faults and fractures My head swimming in circles Floating endless slipstream Body salamander slick Shriveled as a newborn Vigor wrenched out in pools of salt water Ground to a halt Beat of life pulsing intermittently vacillating - Indecisive Sliding hands across the plaster Feel for faults and fractures Breathe deep the frigid air Cough on the numbing sting of sleeps pins and needles It's like swallowing razors Jagged pieces of glass and steel Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Searching for a simple diversion Self-induced sense deprivation Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Stare into the sun with frozen open eyes Icicles form in the furrows of my brows Sub-zero and sweating Stare into the sun Frozen open eyes