Apartment Poetry Quarterly

7A              7B              7C              7D              7E              7F

 

7A Caolan Madden

 

from VAST NECROHOL



LEVEL ONE: RELOAD

 

I             wade


hornes crurle shadowe over Mine Fayce
Nacreous vapoures of THE NECROHOL

myne one broaken fang           in / to                                  breakeing a pathe in myne


breasstes in theyr paire of Skulles

                                                                                                the

withe one haand I tyghtene my spyne lacynges
             othar hande preparynge the waye throughe

                                                                                                and downe
                                                                                                                                        swamp

swamp

                           I belongge to Teutonic man saith

                           a VAST

wade into





ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: BOG QUEEN


hundreddes of yeares later the male poet [who] Will digge ME UP
examines the contentes of My Stomache           my last meale
pearl barley / whiche is a euphemism               Was it a ritual meale

Or was I just a wyf

or was Wyf itselfe a ritual meale// Title Divine IS
crumpled halfe-Digested// Sif-
                                                                 ting for signes

this mound
the Sonne an even deeper red





LEVEL FOUR: SINKING



out of mana
a vast                                           NECROHOL

 

Did this rusted speare doe battel
                           or                                              merely Ceremoniale
             possible            Campe Fllower

Skrewd Hir Way Thrugough                          Evereye Levell

I am VIERGE these are tangels of floures

 

I don't wante to heare your problemes C4pta1n cant we just SKREWE

Cant you at leaste just TELL EVERYONE cant you
                          inscript             BREASTE PLATE

HEARE LIES A BODDYE I KNEWWE WELLE
HEARE LIES A BRAYVE BODYE

 

If I shoulde stoppe every alabastre chambre up withhe the speache of this pome
            speake through mye Visor of Mudde
                                       lining of PEarle

 

                                       OH SOUTHE IT'S UP TO MYE




LEVEL NINE: SPRINGTIME MOB SPAWN



aprille closath hir MOAUTH                                the brethe stille in the AIR
the shoures SOOTE                                                kepte uss in HAOUS kepte us AWAYK

                         doe you rememebre when oanly myne FAC3

frome the mudde                                                    and I lycked mine lippes
and the rain                                                             (and you saw myne EYES o captyne)
doant tredde on me                                                I sa`ide onlye through the mudde

doe you remembre                                                 the babys face

doe you remembre                                                 the levvelle was yclept MISE EN ABIME

mye face                                                                   babys face
YE BUTTONE MASSSHRE TO LYNE UP THE MOUAHTS

lyke ROASES like a HOALE IN THE AEARTHTE         we sttugglede to lyne themem

OANE HUNDNBRED LYPPES                      TWOE HUNADDRED ROWES OF TEETHE

fangs                milke teethe                 we trutned oure facess         fromme the lytghte

we truned our BODIES in the hoale                           to fit a little moar

cracked LYPPES                  softe lips lyke pdedals            roases        stoanes

TRYE IT CLOCKEWISE              TRYE masshsing B and 2            TRYE untile it goes

I burrowwed    she brurrowed                          myne belouvad burrwoed in his bodye

but I wanted to                                                   LIFTE UPPE MYNE FACE

TRYE JErcking UPWARRDE             if I cldoud TOUCHE you withe this devyce
                                                                                                               withe this gloaved

tongue in ittes gloave of mudd            tongue openning foar another tongue
blossmeom of toungues                     tonguge VOMMIT

sielnce COME FOARTHE othar tongue                   if I coudle TOUCHE you

 

I saidde my battel was SYNGKING but if I coudlde

the capta1ne is comminge with hys midriff toppe        and sworde       with its BEATUFIL NAME

he is calalyng in alle the levels lookynge for us           our job is to syngk to meet him

but I ame masshing and massnhing with my tonguge and if I can make engouh roses

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thats another waye              it is cruelle i thnkg soe             ths greenn                      swaord

from mye moauth the ROSES pourring and farmeing             roase mobbe
where cloud it notte goe                                                                milke of my spitte runnyng

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roase vommit roaes vommit roase into the seates of carres into the chattroomme
roase vommite roasees into the dreames of the sleeperes          logged offe
but oepning their mouaths                 mud                  milke                  roassses

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in the DARNESSE of my wombe eye mayke a GIFFE of Roases


                   ROSE