U҉n҉t҉i҉t҉l҉e҉d҉

melissa violette aliz

shadows of a chandelier on your lawn disparate retroactive silhouette obliterated vicinity flimsy mudpuppies convulsing midwife on blistered pavement shrapnels harrowing caress blue lamp illuminated solitary marsh orchid technicolor fountains zip ties at your ankles bewildered candor frozen bouquet clasped between two hands underwater spider eats the web man eats earth decanted canines fascia elongated vexed passion ballast destiny swamped scaffolding flooded cellar doors that don’t exactly shut foundations cracked what is absorbent enough odette’s secrets burning rituals open season stepford wives submerged in liquid latex tender beehive keys through the carotid catatonic in the corvette capitulation in the sun fissured lungs straddled tapeworms devout coagulation blunted dilation courageous shunt distended ivory tassels of rat tails nightshades unchanged maimed tenor hideous plurality ruptured biting cruelty punctuated filth arachnoiditis superstar horny for asbestos potent bliss rendered to beg vaulted spawn binding centipede mulled loose teeth in chiffon cake you have a pliable tongue keloid corridors saturnian haemolacria brine visage insides of it insides of you infinite botulism obtuse underbelly aura guts tied in a bow liquified covens undone breeding resuscitation greasy sheen scarlet the pigment of endurance siphon rubies amid labias flaccid dignity a carcass leaking crypt sirens bleached trophy precisions atrocious halogen bulbs medicalized death sanitized death parasitic crescendo protoplasm premonition frantic overflow vast bust of earth i need cardigans and cleavage contoured generosity succling stockings a parade ore incinerated cramped putrid prayer of anonymity pet the prairie dogs where the trampoline and the fence meets the highway dobermans shadowed overbite supple whimpering orgasmic amnesia reflexive callous wounded prisms darling crooning country sheathe of mud on the altars

melissa violette aliz is an artist based in New York.