Rapidly Firing Neurons
Bullet with a story on it
My brain stands poised
Rattling
On the inside
Of my acid-corroded teeth
Ready to blow Word spatter
All over the screen
Bits of dead grey memory
Running down the page
No matter how I coax
The metallic trigger
Physically urging it to click
I remain silent
Full of murderous diction
Cocked and loaded
No safety
Not sighted
A violently reactive
Concoction
Congregates in my throat
No way to force
The sound into existence
Until I open my mouth
Heaving, squeezing
One more time
Expecting another
Hollow dud
Finally
Boom!
Detonation
K.B. Silver
About the Creator
K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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