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spin me a tale
poem...content warning - it rhymes - haha!
spin me a tale (of blood and more)
a tale of sin (of pain and gore)
of sin regale(introspect)
regale a tale(retrospect)
a tale to pale (intro... vert?)
to pale the face (extra...vert)
the face of all (start a start)
all who read (in the fall)
who read it all (stand tall)
all who read (daren't fall)
who read and fall (the pall, the bearer)
fall entranced (err-antic exoteric retraction)
entranced, silenced (esoteric extraction)
silenced and chilled (forward momentum)
chilled to their heart (remember colostrum?)
their heart as it beat (the heat, the energy)
as it beats err-antic (the cold, the atrophy)
err-attic and tragic (the fear, the entropy)
tragic dark magic (the tear, the catastrophe)
dark magic, pelagic
pelagic, seaward dram-a-tic
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dive d e e pdown, dive d e e pdown
dive and d r o w n, d r o w n in sorr-ow
d r o w n in woe, as eyes of blue
surr-ound you, terr-or asunder
dark the wonder, if your breath
is your last, if your heart
beats its last, carve
yes, carve your, innermost...
everything, on your carcass
as you float down, and are caught d e e pdown
your testimony, your obituary
*
Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: Forgot I had this one...cos I had posted it first elsewhere.
About the Creator
Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection is now available!
https://paulspoeticprints.etsy.com
Comments (5)
Doing my little noggin’ in again here Paul! Why u do this to me!? Hahah. Vertigo inducing! That format really takes us for a ‘spin’ (visually as well). 🌀
Another cacophonous piece of the highest order! Love the multiple personality like dynamic created with the parentheticals
You are really exploring the dark side today, Paul. This is both scary and disturbing. And naturally, as I always expect from you, absolutely original!
Interesting form
Oooo, dark, intense and poignant! Me likey a lot! 🍩🥐