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Decomposition

By SeanPublished 21 days ago Updated about 8 hours ago 1 min read
Decomposition
Photo by Mariia Horobets on Unsplash

Tonight is an unhaunted tomb.

Open your window and welcome

the yellow Moon. Let it crawl through

and fill its belly with your fears.

Become more than defunct: an evocation

of secondhand office chairs,

blank pages, and arrears. Tonight,

you will die alone in your room

and not give a damn. Stand naked.

Face the mirror and extricate

these dooms of pink flesh,

to fashion something new

from the exhumed.

ElegyMental Health

About the Creator

Sean

A lover of soft cheese and delayed gratification. I prefer plants to people, more often than not. Dirt is my medicine and filth a form of therapy. Most of these words should find a home among compost but hey, at least I'm still writing.

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  • Jessica McGlaughlin18 days ago

    creepy and liberating this is super cool

  • Aspen Marie 21 days ago

    “Tonight is an unhaunted tomb” - love this line the most!

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