My creative flow
starts internal ambience,
then begins screaming.
I revise my screams
into un-pretty maroonthat will speak for me.
Words obliterate
words into non-existence
if I don't feel real.
Nihilistic White
Fresh white snowflakes fall.
Shimmer down, glitter the ground,
grow into cold gloom.
Nihilistic white
witch, ice queen growing darker.
Overtaking light.
I Hate My Guts
Ugly fat preys on
my ribs. Tries to hide them with
menopause gut punch.
Another Me
Another me might be hiding
behind me
on the other side
of this mirrored doorway.
So it suddenly appears.
Another balloon animal
popping itself
out of the hole
in the handle
and reshaping itself
into bangs that are flatter,
but still filled with static.
Bubbling from the top of my head to my eyes,
trying to replace those eyes
with frenetically mildewed millipedes.
Bionote
Juliet Cook's poetry has appeared in a small multitude of print and online publications. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, most recently including "red flames burning out" (Grey Book Press, 2023), "Contorted Doom Conveyor" (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023), and "REVOLTING" (new from Cul-de-sac of Blood in Fall 2024). She has another new chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" forthcoming from Pure Sleeze Press in Spring 2025. Her most recent full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti" was published by Crisis Chronicles Press. Cook also sometimes writes collaborative poetry and also sometimes creates abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures. You can find out more at https://julietcook.weebly.com/.
Juliet Cook's poetry has appeared in a small multitude of print and online publications. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, most recently including "red flames burning out" (Grey Book Press, 2023), "Contorted Doom Conveyor" (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), "Your Mouth is Moving Backwards" (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023), and "REVOLTING" (new from Cul-de-sac of Blood in Fall 2024). She has another new chapbook, "Blue Stingers Instead of Wings" forthcoming from Pure Sleeze Press in Spring 2025. Her most recent full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti" was published by Crisis Chronicles Press. Cook also sometimes writes collaborative poetry and also sometimes creates abstract painting collage art hybrid creatures. You can find out more at https://julietcook.weebly.com/.
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