Hidden Fires Burn Hottest
The world is much smaller and dimmer than it used to be All the great cities have been abandoned The trees are stripped of their leaves And the fields remain fallow Vast Networks of cracks Spread over the bone dry earth Everywhere I turn Impassable walls stand in my way As the starless sky presses ever closer Subterranean whispers beckon As the starless sky presses ever closer Subterranean whispers beckon Where to now?
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
Before the lid is sealed I am permitted by law to deposit some mementos First I add my hair Which she used to lovingly stroke It spills from the edge of the razor then Settles in disordered clumps within the box Next, my left hand The one she most often held This I remove at the wrist and place upon her breast The other extremities follow, all of thеm, for each one Belongеd to her Several bored attendants Undertake this grisly operation at my command After closing the wounds They place my mangled trunk into a locker In a few years time Once everything has grown back I will emerge and give myself to somebody New
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
The dry flapping sound of tiny wings Signaled the arrival of the moths They circled in the air Waiting for the spell of the past to take hold Before alighting on their many disciples Those countless supine figures The participants of the most sacred rite Remained utterly still While their clothes were chewed away Overhead, the moon hovered like a Vast glowing lamp In the name of the moth (Bird of prey, bird of prey) In imitation of a bird of prey A ritual mask The anti-light Descended from on high It persisted through (The) Countless waves of (Anti-light) Duration and (The) Layers of (Anti-light) (Descended from on high) It persisted Through countless waves of Duration and Layers of stuttering clouds Growing more powerful As it approached In its wake followed The all-encompassing Blindness of an oil spill
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
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The room that I speak of Has no days and its hours are concealed There is neither an entrance nor an exit And no furnishings or fixtures of any kind In fact, some contend that it is (There is no such place) Not a real room (There is no such place) There is no such place (If this so-called room exists) If this so-called room exists (If this so-called room exists) If this so-called room exists And I assure you it does I assure you it does I assure you I assure you I assure you I assure you it does Thе experts maintain that it must be Locatеd in the deepest recess The most remote and impossible penetralia Of the oldest house in the world Even so, they say it is a (Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible) Common room shared by everyone And that the greatest misfortune is to awaken there (Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible) If this so-called room exists And I assure you it does The experts maintain that it must be Located in the deepest recess The most remote and impossible penetralia Of the oldest house in the world The room that I speak of Has no days and its hours are concealed There is neither an entrance nor an exit And no furnishings or fixtures of any kind In fact, some contend that it is not a real room That there is no such place If this so-called room exists And I assure you it does
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
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In my dreams, I am underwater My surroundings appear hazy and distorted, and the people around me dart about like fish while I am forced to maintain a sluggish pace Every movement requires double the usual effort This contrast of speeds causes something deep within my body to vibrate uncontrollably I make a special effort to hold my breath against the fluid atmosphere, which is as dense as wet concrete On certain days these conditions persist in my waking hours and even thе blistering heat of a summer aftеrnoon can't dry me out
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
Lost in the crowd, I clamber and lunge Everybody rages so in the great dance Shifting recklessly across the floor as one None of us remembers the original moves Or why we started dancing in the first place Yet we persist with rapturous abandon Now and then certain lucky individuals are hoisted Onto our shoulders, the paladins of mania Countless others are crushed underfoot And unceremoniously hurled into one of the bonfires at the edge of the room This frenzy never abates This frenzy never abates This frenzy never abates This frenzy never abates This frenzy never abates This frenzy never abates This frenzy Never abates
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
The skull Once emptied Becomes a site vast with potential Voided, examined, and discarded It's previous contents Can be forgotten entirely In favor of unlimited possibilities Of uninhabited space
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026
When the leviathan appeared on the beach People came from near and far to admire it Laughing, they ran their hands over its firm skin And slapped its flanks to see the flies rise They pushed deep into the fibers of Its enormous mouth or climbed upon its back While their friends took pictures Everyone marveled at the beast's rutted chin The way its flesh sagged and warmed in the sun Many praised its dеcision to haul itself out of the water Bеfore it perished, they wondered aloud Did it harbor the same The same regrets as a man waiting For the poison he swallowed to take effect? To take effect Effect When the leviathan appeared on the beach People came from near and far to admire it Laughing, they ran their hands over its firm skin And slapped its flanks to see the flies rise
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Jun 26, 2026