NaPM 24 April 2022

[dukealien]

Gone Guy


Mind is absent.
Body churns, nerves inflame, face shows
mind is absent–
thinking suffocates, feelings vent
soul implodes, vanishing in throes
electrocuted.  Then repose...
mind is absent.


(Retracting #6)

But It Is


Mind is present.
Body revs, nerves accept, face glows,
mind is present–
thoughts in ecstasy, hot flood spent
body squirms, swells impassioned, grows
bucking denying body knows
mind is present.