RDP Monay: SPLENDOUR
Nothing is as
carnivorous
as snow
and the first hard frost of Autumn.
Ask the leaves and flowers
what it feels like to be
caught and then
trapped inside of their icy cold mouths
Aren’t you glad that you can’t hear them scream
as they are devoured
bit by bit
bite by bite
all winter long?
RDP Sunday: AMENABLE
Sam Szafran (aka Samuel Berger)
I will follow you quietly, patiently, wherever you chose to go
I won’t make a sound
say a word,
I wont sneeze or cough or wheeze when I am cold.
I will only revel in your senses
delight in what makes you laugh or groan with pleasure
I will take the shape that pleases your eye
obediently parrot with conviction anything you say.
I will be the ghost of what I could have been
a shade of who I never was
a living cadaver, I embalmed myself
I will be perfect in your love.
RDP Tuesday: CROW
Over 15 years ago,
I think it was in May
a very curious crow
followed me from grave to grave
Photo A.M. Moscoso
He danced a little here, he danced a little there
when he cawed to me merrily,
it sounded like a purr
Photo A.M. Moscoso
But of one thing I am most sure
as we chatted and explored the graves
the cemetery cat
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Did not
Photo A.M. Moscoso
approve.
*Photos taken at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home and Cemetery
May 19th 2008
Stitched together
glued together
fastened together with pins and ribbon and tape
I am a gift, a treat, I will make you feel
loved, wanted, cherished.
I am here to make your house a home
and love you
I will love you, I promise, I swear
A soulmate with no soul.
That is me.
The nightmare of your dreams.