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Murder Bouquet No. 1 by Gary Priest

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the night is an act of piracy

the dark billows out and threatens to evacuate all the hope from the world

the king of diminished responsibility surveys his kingdom

his alien skin revolts at the moonlight

snuffs it out with a shotgun spray of thug black clouds

the streets reek with murder bouquets

swilled and spilled as tailor made victims empty out

of drinking dens with expensive targets pinned to their

velvet clad backs

 

Stars appear with all their stupid chivalry

but their dim hope is pecked out when the first red rainbow

hits the cement and the artistic endeavors of greed

and flippant cruelty show just how far away

and useless they are

 

and there is a counterfeit exuberance

which tries to muscle out the fear

but there is no dance step or drink

or fumbled fellatio in a bathroom stall

that will keep you alive

longer than you deserve

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Gary Priest writes short fiction and poetry both of which have been published online and in print. Recent or upcoming publications can be found in Vox Poetica, The Eunoia Review and The Corvus Review. He lives in the UK at the end of a dead-end road, which may explain everything.

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