thee stillbirthed republic

hit me on thee settee
leave your fingermarks & hot
welts rising on my twisted back

be my grand inquisitor imperious
in ermine & red velveteen
your incandescence / the wean
of duchess-induced melancholia

i call you weasel fingers
& you coo like a showroom dummy

its a luminary anthropocene summer
in the waning years of thee stillbirthed
republic listing rudderless

let us hedonistically drink
apple cider vinegar
& chew our appleseeds to splinters
piercing our swollen tongues

our brand is mint!
mintry fresh & pressed
with the privilege of inquisitors

if we need to rape & extirpate
why not be best
we’ll be great again

in oblivion

What I’m Reading: 

The classic idea of the compassionless psychopath is outdated. Research is revealing how people with dark personality traits can also have high levels of empathy … Science shows us that people with such traits simply think and feel differently, enabling them to act in morally corrupt ways. 

— Miriam Frankel / “Inside The Mind Of A Dark Empath” / BBC Science Focus