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Fancy o Sick (or: A Brief History of My Innards)

Experimental poem. A surreal autopsy of obsession, love, and bodily memory — equal parts curse, confession, and comedy.

By Paul StewartPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
Fancy o Sick (or: A Brief History of My Innards)
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dirt dirt stained grained

she spins me round,

ingrained and restrained

like a rotisserie chicken

derailed, resailed

in a dirty, rat-infested

impaled impala tala dala

low dining establishment

mulato delato dignitaries

that does not have an updated health inspection pass

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dignitaries delato mulato

She makes me feel

dala tala impala impaled

like I am riding a wurly-bird

resailed, derailed

without functioning legs or I am

restrained and ingrained

grained stained dirt dirt

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sick sick sick sick sick

sick o fancy sick o fancy

light prance shift dance

stem cell deviancy regency

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regency deviancy cell stem

dance shift prance light

fancy o sick fancy o sick

sick sick sick sick sick

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I want this to burn burn

in your mind, your heart

deep down, in your soul

wake and sweat, remember

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remember, sweat and wake

soul your in, down deep

heart your, mind your in

burn burn to this want I

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sword pointed downwards

downwards inwards

forwards towards

innards, passed sinew

surprised? but you knew.

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Thanks for reading!

Author's Notes: Experimental. A curse. A confession. A comedy. A whole lot that means a lot whole lot.

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart