Midnight Purple Peonies and Human Viscera

By Alastor Velazquez

Heed me angel...

Strewn in wooden beads

Your head anointed in oil

... gorgeous

...blinded...by your blue eyes

...let this cross

Burn against

My chest

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alastor Velazquez
• Release date: Jun 26, 2024
• ISBN: 9798227413697

Alastor Velazquez

Hi, I'm Alastor. I am a poet, short story author, and artist.

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Midnight Purple Peonies and Human Viscera

Alastor Velazquez

Published by Alastor Velazquez, 2024.

For beautiful moonbeams

Copyright © 2024 Alastor Velazquez.

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First printing edition 2024

1

OPAQUE

I wish to be tethered

Tired of tasting desperation Tired of emptiness

Slicing into my gums

I wish to be settled

To cast my line

Anchor my vessel

In your harbor

Against your crashing waves

Stay

2

I fear that blackness e emptiness between atoms

Let me savor your intangible Your dark matter

I lap at