montgomery carlo – 2 poems

Matrimonial Sea Bed

Monday blues
Cement shoes 
Torn pages of,
Langston Hughes


The azure abyss
Our forlorn tryst  
The siren beckons, 
Eventide bliss


iPhone telescope
Dragged by the rope
Our union imminent, 
I always wanted to elope


Dry your eyes
Undo your tie 
Bless my decision,
Eternal Adelphi


She took my breath away 
Salt water slumber - end of days




Missed Connection on the Ouija Board

Projected fantasies 
Fondness for a ghost
Séance first meeting, 
Rejection of the host


Garlic skin blessing
Poltergeist dreams
Familial stressing,
Into the pillow screams


Company on an island
Speaking in tongues
Frozen Siberian highlands,
Asbestos in the lungs


Savor the moment 
Phantasmagorian itch
Wait a year for enrollment,
Could've been a witch


Shelving the board away,
I'll try again next May



@monty___carlo



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