Veridical

The cold steel merciless

Narrow chute shadow malicious

Bullied in the dark nefarious

Crammed; all of us

On trucks, fated for dishes

Shiny, sharp silver shiv

Sinks in deep, no, I won’t live…

My eyes widen in the throes

The finest merlot streaming from my nose

Drip drip drops fall like petals of rose

Lifeblood washed away with a hose

My yawning throat outpouring

…cadmium

…ochre

…vermilion

Suspended swinging

I watch it run

Unfocused eyes

My slowing arteria

As my body dies

Phantasmagoria

An active efflux of berries, apples, cherries…

A bubbling surge of garnets, a spurt of rubies…

A cascading bouquet of Hibiscus, & poinsettia

…a bursting field of poppies

Grab the hose, wash it away

Grab a hose, spray it away

My crimson fades away

The red slowly disappears

Down the drain

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