HAUNTING THE HELL IN WHICH YOU HELD ME

By Cody Draco

so what if my specter can be seen

skinny-dipping in the River Styx

haunting the hell in which you held me

while raising a child with that cheating witch?

Hades is the Baywatch lifeguard

watching me with piqued interest as I still struggle to swim

whose hardened heart is visible in his swim trunks

lusting after the thought of having to resuscitate

the latest object of his corrupt desire

the rope bridge being crossed by tourists

is missing many planks

yet still finds a way to tighten

with their every step like a noose around my neck

cameras flash like unwelcome lightning

I try to capture in the baby bottle you discarded in the trash

for a militant minimalist I sure keep a graveyard of artifacts

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