Euan Voo - In Step

Ecstasy:
One step forward,
She
Slides
Back,
To where it all began.
She says, ' No. No more, '
And yet she

Puts
Down
The Devil's Blade,
Satan's sweet lips,
The knife that
C U T S;

Then picking it up again;
Smoothes the folds
Of her blouse,
Loosens the top button
Then come the Fall of the Century:

Her shirt is off.
Heartbeats pulsing,
The bleating of the Dark Horses,
Hooves churning up mounds of
Dust, of
Anguish;

The beat of the drums:
Drum,
Drum,
Boom,
Boom!
Adrenaline! Fear!
Now!
The voices,
SHOUT!

In her head.
The loud whispers,
SCREAM,
With joy,

With the Love of the
Damned-

The mirror
She looks at
S
H
A
T
T
E
R
S
.

Skin peels away,
Revealing the blood Diamond
Within.

Layers of an onion,
Except.
With blood
With sweat:

Her salted tears
Smile into the creases
Of her face
in glistening Mother of Pearl;
Dimples showing.

White Lily:
Bleed blood pours
buckets;
Breathes,
Moans,
The rise of chest.

Euan Voo

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