Madman, Butchering Verse

By lupus tenebrae

Stars flicker in odd intervals, as if
Hung by a madman with no rhythm in his obtuse
Entirety, caught
Red-handed, butchering a turn of cosmic phrase for
Rhea knows why, then composing himself the
Instant his misdeed was done.

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Published on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Filed under: "Non-Fiction" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

I'd written this after a pretty violent episode that left me rather drained, so it's a miracle that I ended up with something coherent.

Comments on "Madman, Butchering Verse"

On Sunday, September 13, 2015, TropicalSnowstorm (1703) wrote:

interesting imagery, was this describing a seisure? the stars flickering at odd intervals brought that to mind. Ciao, T/S
On Sunday, September 13, 2015, lupus tenebrae (872) wrote:

Not necessarily a seizure, like I said in the Author's Note, this piece came off the heels of a pretty substantial breakdown, where the subsequent tremors had left me drained, to the point where I was fading in and out of consciousness and the line between delusion and reality began to blur...so, what I perceived as stars could have very easily been a candle or a light bulb at ready to burn out. I just remember being terrified, I couldn't stand up without the overwhelming urge to keel over, it's a miracle I still had the wherewithal to move, let alone write. But yeah, not a seizure, thankfully.
On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, Ortolan (214) wrote:

This brings Vlad of Wallachia to mind but I don't know if he was a poet as well.Interesting.