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we were asleep while we were dying
tucked under darkness and old stained sheets
like the Trojans dreaming
victory on the eve of ambush
like the ball-fisted babes
in the chamber of the womb
we missed the tell-tale oracle bone prophecies
lowering ourselves down from night into morning
the rope worn around our necks
which was not a noose
which may become a noose
ancient rune burned in the flesh of our hands
lips threaded tighter than a spider's web
it was us who let the Greeks in
we were asleep while we were dying
dank cloth pressed to our faces
we dreamt we heard gavels and drums
as we were rutted off the scaffold
below us the chanting echoed louder:
Neco Neco Neco
Prima quies incipit
it was us who let them in
Literature
1/30
I still breathe;
salt
-stung,
half
-dead
dried out flowers in the resin
of a kitchen knife handle,
my eyes don't glint in the
window's reflection anymore
but sometimes I still hear her sing
through a mouthful of bloody glass
all cracked lilac and sinking blue veins
Literature
31.15 Undaunted
“Anagnorisis, chiaroscuro, cicatrize, defenestrate, eldritch, excelsior, pulchritudinous, skank.”
Eric couldn’t decide whether to gape at me or at the paper that had been shoved under our door. “What the hell does that mean?”
“It’s a message.” It was a catalyst. Well, at least it was better than dealing with ennui.
“Ah. Well, if it’s not someone just being facetious, I’m going to have to google some of those definitions, then.”
I chuckled and shook my head. “The words themselves don’t matter; the legend is the initials. It’s a bit clumsy, but not bad
Literature
13.
This cheap vodka burns
my tongue a lot less than the
taste of your name does
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Again, I am a fan of how the poem reads,
'tell-tale oracle bone prophecies' - I'm not 100% sure, as no one can be, but I don't think the greek oracular tradition employed bone readings.
and the Latin seems out of place when dealing with Greek legends, but having attempted, a long time ago during my first go round of college, to learn something of ancient Greek, I can understand the choice. I would also say I don't think the passage enhances the poem.
I feel like this is a poem which could be revised a little and the surface of dealing with the guilt the dead guards of troy might feel, it could also be a metaphor for a relationship of some sort, complacency killing it, allowing something in that shouldn't be let in.
'tell-tale oracle bone prophecies' - I'm not 100% sure, as no one can be, but I don't think the greek oracular tradition employed bone readings.
and the Latin seems out of place when dealing with Greek legends, but having attempted, a long time ago during my first go round of college, to learn something of ancient Greek, I can understand the choice. I would also say I don't think the passage enhances the poem.
I feel like this is a poem which could be revised a little and the surface of dealing with the guilt the dead guards of troy might feel, it could also be a metaphor for a relationship of some sort, complacency killing it, allowing something in that shouldn't be let in.