When you kissed me
on the mouth
walked me down and
pressed yourself up against
my flinching body
put your rubbery lips hard
to my mouth
I felt it, a white hot
jolt of pain
like biting down on
aluminum foil with a mouth
full of amalgam fillings
and chewing it
through me
searing my neural
pathways and ultimately
coming to rest
somewhere behind my
quivering eyeballs.
I saw you through flames
your whisper stabbed
my inner ear – You’re my
zombie slave boy
now – and I gave in then
and there and let
the spirits have a ride at
my expense.
(Originally published in Aberration Labyrinth Issue 002)
