by Ron Arbuckle
CAN YOU KEEP THE BUZZING DOWN? I’M DELIVERING SHAREHOLDER VALUE IN HERE!
Kaiju housefly
Stuck on a kaiju window
Unable to break free
From a life of abundance
WILEY COYOTE NEEDS A WELLNESS CHECK & LOAN FORGIVENESS
I crawled out of the pits of despair
Pulled myself up by these bootstraps
Hands on hips I took in the day
Listened to the birds sing
TWEET!
TWEET!
Real trees not shadows in the cave
One sigh of relief
Before a crushing weight
Ground me into dust
Lone word etched in the side
ACME
THE WELL-HOUSE
Diamond eyes piercing
Bodies draped like silks
Cold terror drips down hairless neck
Synapsial seeds sprout
Now fertilized propagating
Thoughts bloom
As mind’s eye blinks
Roots take hold
Subconscious prostration
Death awaits
With an ethereal handshake
Of serpentine affectation
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Ron Arbuckle lives in Oklahoma. He is the author of the novel, A Matter of Design. His writing is published or forthcoming in Expat Press, Blood+Honey, GONZOID, Trash Cat Lit, Citywide Lunch, APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL, BULL, Hidden Peak Press, Plague Circus Press, Some Words & The Gorko Gazette.