Artwork: Let the Poor Thing In by Will Jacques

How to Build a Monster
Angelo Letizia

Days are the bones of weeks
Weeks are sinews of years
And years the flesh of memory

Like some stalking Frankenstein

The debris and fragments
Are littered on the linoleum floor
A tapestry of forgotten dust
And broken plastic
In an office building
Where important meetings are held

The monsters live there too

Whose mouth is this?
Unclean teeth
Reused to chew
Frankenstein repurposed
Can you taste a memory?
Swallow a thought?
Vomit on that boring floor
And disrupt the dust

We create our monsters when we sleep

 

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