Julian Thumm

L’appel du vide

The carrion blossom
of her flower-stained body
awash with the heady scent
of venom & ambergris
in lewd open bloom
like a pall
laid thick & heavy
before blear & leering eyes

Abnormal petting
vivarium seduction 
scorpions, leeches,
jumping spiders
& bearded dragons
a little death & taxidermy
fringe-dwelling chaos
a place of domestic 
serenity amidst
lascivious destitution

Unlikely as it seems
I envy perhaps
the funhouse
of fractured mirrors
erected to her afterlife

Perhaps it’s simply 
the call of the void

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