Author
Alex Mascarenhas
38 works
A Long Friday Ago
I hate bugs I can’t stand bug people Cocoons lie Untrue upside steeple Don’t you dare die No, not in a deeply shallow puddle Die, I dare you In a…
Read More →Alive – or Otherwise
I open my eyes Low and behold, to my surprise I am alive still Everyone but me dies and dies I go into the world Wearing my clear disguise, chasing…
Read More →And then… silence
And I died a little bit more. Fascinating how you can keep on dying even when there’s no more life left in you. And she was moved by nothing else…
Read More →Batman and the Maid
However sad for a true man It has been said that a woman Either loves or hates; she knows no medium We have here two fates; we’ve here no premium…
Read More →Close your Eyes
You close your eyes, look at the ground Where the clowns sprinkled the clouds with glitter Your ears are keen, head on her mound Feel her pulse, read her verse,…
Read More →Corny Thievery and Wit
To spend my ink on my ilk Proves to be quite a daunting task To not error in my speech I resort to my loyal flask Tongue-in-cheek is my style…
Read More →DarkWoman
And so I see the world with black eye whites I touch you with dark hands Your insides are less than white My intentions are less than clear Your thoughts…
Read More →Down There
I do not want to die But I do not care if I did A day, two months, ten years Yes, I cried, so what if I kid? A single…
Read More →Drunk, Sinking
I once drank wine so sweet My heart sighed, filled, replete Happily the town drunk For well over a year Sinking in sweet quicksand Sunk in the wellness here And…
Read More →F-Day
The lightness Free-falling Freed Falling Free-failing Friendly failure Feeling the fall as I fly Flying from failure to friend Fragility is flimsy Feel fear Falling Fallen, yet flied Frolic fun…
Read More →For Margaret
Today my heart ached However, no, I did not cry I was pleased to know I own the kind power to die My bare skin once draped Now see the…
Read More →Heaven and Hell
Love, I will go with you Wherever you’re off to Some say that you descended from cloud nine Word is that you’re not headed back to Trine Some swear you…
Read More →Hole in the Whole
I looked deep, deep into the whole And the bottom was there, so close The bottom… so close… could’ve just swallowed me Its black teeth, so sharp, smiled wide full…
Read More →Honey and Olives, Somber and Sober
I like to snack on olives I like healthy treats But, hon, do you even care What a dead man eats It’s midnight, I remember now Knew a man who…
Read More →Incubus
Ask me not what I think of you My dark tongue could desecrate your pupils Time breathes, time heals, and time knifes your scruples Ask not what time thinks of…
Read More →Jewel of Denial
The sun, he made a late appearance Hungover, he rose up woozily Beating, burning, itching bad Longing, missing what he’d had The air is light, moans, palpitates The morning came,…
Read More →June in September
It happened one time One Friday in June The night was the day The morning the moon Stunned, in awe, by chance Serendipity Gorgeous, lovely, fun One, two, trinity The…
Read More →No Ar
Está nas paredes Um sonho lento, só, urgente Muito são para ser demente Está nos olhos de meus dedos Dedos que cheiram cabelos negros Cabelos que molham mares gregos Perfume…
Read More →Ravenous
I don’t know this man – never met Ray, yet… He knows me; I know him I don’t have a wife – her name is Babette I want to travel…
Read More →She
She was jealous not of me She was jealous of herself If another looked at me She could never let it be She killed a woman with her shoe Stiletto…
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