Noxious Muse

2017.10.30

Noxious Muse,

In your beaten up jalopy

Of limp commas,

And run-on, non-cohesive exposition.

An incubator for private pain,

Predictable twangs of whining depression,

And self-loathing.

 

Noxious Muse,

Cordial epicenter of a lilting accident,

Inspiring steadfast intoxication in flaccid martyrs.

The shrewd print smelling of paper, substandard poetry, and vomit.

The ostentation of the author,

Superseded only by the pomposity of the reader.

 

Noxious Muse,

Proof that lusting after taint

Is the strawberry opiate of the classless,

            … the tactless.

            … the hopeless.

            … the ferocious.

You are the wretched mildew on a bargain-basement coincidence;

A special breed of homemade demolition;

A deceptively slick mechanic

Snorting extra-strength inhibitions

Off a discount dictionary.