The Dyke’s Complaint

epicene-writing:

Here
comes the Dyke, from night to night,

A neon light,

A smoke.

Here
comes the Dyke, and her footsteps

Are
glued with spit,

Are
marked with teeth;

She
seeps from darker walls,

Standing
still, or walks

Or
disappears into the depths

Of
a silent subway.

Her
face? you ask

Her
clothes?

Thicker
than silk,

Smoother
than wool

That’s
all you need to know.

Here
comes the Dyke,

Alone,
and so

That
her shadow’s thinking

Of leaving for good

And
in the Dyke’s shadow

Raise,
and fall

A
sobbing girl

Huddled
on the floor

Under
a tapestry –

The
moon’s absent,

No
lamp is lit at the window

And
trains are passing by:

Here
goes the Dyke, who knows

That
her shadow won’t leave for now.

The Dyke’s Complaint

epicene-writing:

Here
comes the Dyke, from night to night,

A neon light,

A smoke.

Here
comes the Dyke, and her footsteps

Are
glued with spit,

Are
marked with teeth;

She
seeps from darker walls,

Standing
still, or walks

Or
disappears into the depths

Of
a silent subway.

Her
face? you ask

Her
clothes?

Thicker
than silk,

Smoother
than wool

That’s
all you need to know.

Here
comes the Dyke,

Alone,
and so

That
her shadow’s thinking

About
leaving for good

And
in the Dyke’s shadow

Raise,
and fall

A
sobbing girl

Huddled
on the floor

Under
a tapestry –

The
moon’s absent,

No
lamp is lit at the window

And
trains are passing by:

Here
goes the Dyke, who knows

That
her shadow won’t leave for now.

epicene-writing:

you entered the void

so long ago

that your skin smells of it

and your feet bruise from it

.

you entered the void

and still enter, every day

and every drop of light

illuminates your path

devoid of night

devoid of stars

.

you entered the void

and don’t even see anymore

that it fills your lungs

a blueish smoke

and only sometimes

recall the void

you’ve walked through

for a whole life

.

you disappear. the void claimed you

it is the law, and no loopholes

are to be found:

the void unraveled you

long-haired child

nurtured, and cared for you

for a while

and nobody reclaimed you

and nobody demanded you

.

you’ve been raised by the void

and now you legally belong

to it

you’ve been raised by the void

and you dissolve

into the void

leaving a stone, a mark

and an hollering shriek

.

leaving a stone, a mark

and an hollering shriek