Literary Orphans

confession school police blotter: the designs of the freaks
by Peter Marra

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the female suspect stated for police records:

“heard Egyptian rock n roll. All that was left

was a Nagasaki shadow on the bed sheet;

an outline touched by pyramids”

 

late night black and white

tell me about the profane experiments

that were conducted clandestinely

while drifting towards dawn

it was all about love not defined

 

until one biting wound over the limit

birthed slow red blossoms on a white tile floor

 

cruising coitus on the venous ocean

underground eyes reaching outwards

towards the sinning sun

love mixture teeth marks

 

as a skin from the sea-creature

was drawn tight and clothed the night air

a humid suffocation wrapped

 

i started to take myself apart

it was tiny dissections viewed in mirrors

amidst female shrieks in ultra-low volume

confessions unnecessary she says

 

we watched. and admitted to ourselves. it’s

hard to think without captives.

 

a scene of black hair big

flowing as it ignites a gold lamé bikini

she walks slowly on the beach as she spews

gunpowder from pouty lips

 

tarnished gold bracelets dangle on her wrists

slight chimes amidst low feminine shrieks

i became that creature that i had once feared

she said “but now it’s embraced.”

 

proving torture by way of paintings

we were both enshrined in see-thru polyvinyl

 

buried up to our necks in the sand

embalmed pallid forms burnt by the moon’s fluids

while assassins and scorpions slept nearby
 
 

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Peter’s earliest recollection of the writing process is, as a 1st grader, constructing a children’s book with illustrations. The only memory he has of this project is a page that contained a crayon drawing of an airplane, caught in a storm. The caption read: “The people are on a plane. It is going to crash. They are very scared.” His parents were always disturbed by that 1st book and particularly by his love for writing.

His poems explore alienation, addiction, love, the havoc that secrets can wreak and obsessions. He has been published in many online and print publications, including Literary Orphans, Danse Macabre, Maintenant 4 & 5, Caper Literary Journal, and Why Vandalism?, as well as an interview in Yes, Poetry. A record of his published work may be found at http://www.angelferox.com. Peter’s e-chapbook, Sins of the Go-Go Girls is published by Why Vandalism? Press and is available as a free download at:
http://journal.whyvandalism.com/sins-of-the-go-go-girls.html

 
 

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–Art by Felicia Simion

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