Danse Macabre XXIX
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Megan Norman

 Bleached Bride

 

 

Dressed in stutter white,
Waiting for daddy and the kiss
In the golden light of the door.

She shook undying children
Playing the ghost again and again.
Bridled all in lace
Dancing the
Crack mosh mirror war.

A choke of bread crumbs,
A crowd of sores.
She’s eating the floor
With her hands.
She’s sick with the worms
Coughed up her bones,
All in one sitting.
Befriended a rib cage,
The blistered heart consumed.
Sick, so sick with the worms,
Heard the silverware shocks,
The clanging clocks,
In the darkway,
She’s in the darkway
Seedless,
Can’t be seen.

No more
A veiny finger to behave,
Skin to stretch over ocean stone,
Or body to desecrate
Under winter’s white blade.
Sick sick sick with the worms and the
And the birthday frosting
Slithering for more
With the bird in her mouth
The key in hand
One name to
Seal it all
Seal the clock that keeps trampling
The insides and out of
Your little bride.

 

 
Megan Norman is an English and Theatre student at the University of Iowa, interested in the dark side of life. She is an actress, dancer, and alternative model. She has been published before in the Susquehanna Review and is involved in the undergraduate creative writing program at college. She would like to thank her fiance for inspiring her poetry. Danse Macabre welcomes Megan to our pages.