11-19-2024, 09:49 AM
Though I've never seen
a giallo film,
the style is deeply woven
into my DNA.
Everything I write is either
sunlight striking a gilded frame,
golden coins stacked high on a table,
the years staining parchment, a blond head
stretched across a wig stand, cirrhotic skin,
pus from an untreated scratch,
the piss of a frightened woman
running down her leg, the yellow earth,
bubbling sulfur, even
hellfire---or mozzarella.
a giallo film,
the style is deeply woven
into my DNA.
Everything I write is either
sunlight striking a gilded frame,
golden coins stacked high on a table,
the years staining parchment, a blond head
stretched across a wig stand, cirrhotic skin,
pus from an untreated scratch,
the piss of a frightened woman
running down her leg, the yellow earth,
bubbling sulfur, even
hellfire---or mozzarella.