Author
Alex Mascarenhas
38 works
Alive – or Otherwise
I open my eyes
Low and behold, to my surprise
I am alive still
The Day Rooster Galore Came to Town
He was not born Rooster Galore
Yet Rooster Galore he became
The town he hailed from was of sin
DarkWoman
And so I see the world with black eye whites
I touch you with dark hands
Your insides are less than white
What If There Was No Editing…
Cry, baby, cry
When there’s no one around
When all there is
Heaven and Hell
Love, I will go with you
Wherever you’re off to
Some say that you descended from cloud nine
The Drowning
Hmm... I like your walk, I love watching it
The thickening’s on, the ticking is down
Tick-tack... tick is green; tick-tack... tack is brown
Jewel of Denial
The sun, he made a late appearance
Hungover, he rose up woozily
Beating, burning, itching bad
Down There
I do not want to die
But I do not care if I did
A day, two months, ten years
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
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
Honey and Olives, Somber and Sober
I like to snack on olives
I like healthy treats
But, hon, do you even care
Snow in the Summer
In her spring I met her
Loved her in her summer
Her leaves didn’t see falling
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
Thanks, Giving Turkey
A special day for us all
Yet, o turkey, poor, poor turkey
You’d rather yourself recalled
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 but the crushing weightlessness of her wants.