ARR 1988 - Flipbook - Page 104
Portrait of a Woman in Descent
Familiar
Melancholic affeiction
Creates morbid self portrait:
Against
A background of splattered
Coagulating blood
Lies a pale, shapeless
Face
Resembling a stale
Bowl of oatmeal.
Long, licking flames
Surround the face
Melting
Vacuous bovine eyes
That roll upward in pain.
Phlegm-covered lips
Stretch open to
Release
Rotting odors of decay.
Sealed in time exists the
Killing pierce of an eternal
Scream.
Amy Brideson
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