Dolphin Kick Electric

peony grey
over white foam
grunge distort of splash
confused noise
seeking truth
smooth flesh
tightened skin
thick
protective
droplets disperse
become one
wall of music
perfect angst
morbid beauty

Painted

lips unmoving
flaking white
chapped
cold unnerving
splintered
raw
painted blue eyelids
blinking in disgust
pursed lips
anticipating disappointment
failure looming
disapproving looks
from pinpoint pupils
dooming
assuming
condemning joy

Dare the Ruler

Shake my resolve
Do as I say
I am to be obeyed
Don't talk
Electrical-tape corpse
Pasty-skinned pariah
Flaky & stiff
Mannequin
Transluscent & smudged
Dingy doll-wig hair
Knotted & chopped
Terrifying clink of steel
Smell of leather and sugar
Pink and sweaty
Drink it
Choke on it
If it is my last
So be it yours

Down

Flow like a gush of blood
Knowing the only path
Gravity giving no options
9.8 m/s squared
Nine point eight meters per second squared
The earth like a mother with a bowl
ready to catch whatever her sick child presents, exudes
Knowing it will come
Accepting it
Bound by universal law
A pact with nature
A winking knowledge
Only a secret until it happens once
Everything falls.