file cabinet hiding spot - original poem

 

file cabinet hiding spot

mauve stains

and purple pricks

dithered randomly

beneath hot

pink inflamed tissue

the nonchalant nibbles

and dark atonements

living in the mind

of the slasher who forgot

his Halloween mask

but his rips and tears

are still penned pliantly

on my shattered shell of skin

coiling in mechanical symphony

turning in a musical escape

from the sad landscape

and the palms of our brains

painted on the rosy checks

of innocent children

none the wiser

to the tributary currents

or age-old curtains

and trade-kept secrets

luring one to the shadows

of helplessness

in the file cabinet

of personal accountability

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16657869-file-cabinet-hiding-spot-by-Colvet