SUICIDE NOTE

by Satish Verma   Jan 20, 2015


One day you will arrive.
Night will enter in your pores,
in your bones,
like a baby trapped in a borewell,
crying, striking,
thumping.

On each table, salt moaned
for a classical taste.
A pink moon was smothered
in a virgin bed.
Death walked in a sensual style.

A black discharge continued
from the areolae.
Botox failed to uplift
the sagging breasts.
A thallium capsule broke on tongue.

There was no suicide note.

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  • 9 years ago

    by Larry Chamberlin

    Powerful!
    Plainly spoken, unemotional and effective for that reason. It reflects the quiet horror of intruding on the most intimate of catastrophes with a news camera.

    The deadening of sensation (salt without taste), loss of grandeur (drowned moon), and betrayal of goodness (black milk) all presage the act masterfully.

    Remember to change the title to Initial Caps rather than ALL CAPS.