symphonies of dissonance

symphonies of dissonance

By Jillian Thomas

symphonies of dissonance 

rippling from the wide open mouths of 

liars and mothers and men

i am mad 

at the way their blood stained teeth 

smile while their lips shine metallic 

the dog only knows the hand that feeds it but 

i know the red wine pooling around taste buds 

i smell it every time my ears are lit on fire 

the blood in your mouth now somehow gasoline

i am no longer a child of god but i slip on your 

melting fluids & 

i am on my knees praying i am not blessed by 

a swash of red for by the time it burns 

through my own crooked teeth 

i will be just the same as you 

nurturing cruel words until i can 

reap their harvest 

your bones are swelling with the 

once upon a time of 

telling fairy tales garbled by latent rhymes 

ones that are lost to the minds of 

flitting mockingbirds // and headlighted deer // and me