I feel his footprints here, his soles
still stuck to the floor as though
he stepped with mammoth weight.
In his grasp a mundane tool turned
To uncanniness by his sweaty palms.
He fished beyond his perception,
Beyond his comprehension, the blue
Of the ark. The screwdriver slipped
And tickled the dragon to strike.
Blue. A tenth of a second stretched
Out to 9, the venom ran him through
Blue. Calmly he does his duty,
But his fingertips ink into blueness
The first steps were to observe, study
The feeling, the pain hounded him
Blisteringly. The blue flash scorched
His internals and then again he stepped.
On the 4th step he called for his mother.
All his constitution left him as his tool,
That with which he scraped eternity, fell.
His hand bloats and cracks, bluened pus
Filled him to burst, tinted him, and drooled out
His body atrophied. His mind was drippy now.
On the 6th step he collapsed and scraped
Raw fingertips across concrete leaving
Vomit behind. His last step is his own.
With mammoth weight he left this world
After nine stumbled steps, here he leaves
His screwdriver, electrified with possibility.
- Author: Pazuzu ( Offline)
- Published: January 23rd, 2024 18:06
- Comment from author about the poem: This is a poem written in honor of Louis Slottin, a man who deserved more than a hero's death.
- Category: Surrealist
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