magnum corpus

i. teeth

teeth belong to jealousy,
lines of pointed pills to swallow.

dry sockets twinge 'til you wake up,
embittered, dull, and hollow.

stomach cut and bruised inside,
leached out and bereft

muster up yourself to find
you bare your nothing left.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:28 pm

Plume says... · Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:28 pm

ii. consumption/consommation

when I was fourteen, the most romantic thing I could think of was feeding
myself to you. call it what it is— cannibal, vampire,

call it love.

lay me there—
I wanted to be there—
on that charcuterie board. paired with
crackers and camembert and maybe cider
if we felt fancy.

let me nourish you. I would be sweet.

you consume me.

you consume me.

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:43 pm

Plume says... · Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:43 pm

iii. slot machine but it's all bones

so goes the game.

i lose what i lose,
i keep what i win.

(go ahead.)

did you know
we are not all the same?

(you lost. give me your ulna. two carpals.)

sometimes, bodies decide
they need a change
from the regular 206.

(atlas and axis. close one. and a phalanx! too bad.)

surplus calcium.
it's not cheating.

(verts. your vertebrae. mine.)

for most of them, though
i've only got two.

(so goes the game.)

I was born to speak all mirth and no matter.

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Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:19 pm

Liminality says... · Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:19 pm

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Hello Plume! This is an interesting thread!

I liked the lines:

muster up yourself to find
you bare your nothing left.

And I like how you used rhyme in 'teeth' as a whole.

The third poem is mysterious - I wonder who the voice in the paranthesis is. They seem distinct from the main speaker, who seems more subdued.

i lose what i lose,
i keep what i win.

^ So says the speaker, but with the parantheses it feels like they keep on losing (it is a slot machine after all, and the house always wins.)

I like the way the ending echoes the beginning - it seems to highlight that the two voices are playing different games.

Happy NaPo and keep writing!

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