Neuro Logical
Arcade: Round Two - Samuel Strathman
Playthrough of a foamy-
mouthed dog swaying
along a crimson
streaked alleyway,
fresh cuts oozing
from her abdomen.
The owner stands
ten feet away,
taunts his pet
with a dripping blade.
Bloop, bloop, bloop.
Round two begins.
The stunned mongrel
snaps to, grits
her sabre-teeth,
a natural born predator.
Combatants headbutt
their way out
of the alley
to tequila stars –
cosmorama of beaches –
pandemonium of sirens.
The knife comes close,
but the hand is mincemeat
in under a minute.
Sparky laps up dinner
as the washout rolls
in a puddle
of his own filth.
He screams, prays
as the eldritch
dragon-swoops in.
D.O.A.
Samuel Strathman is a poet, author, educator, and editor at Cypress: A Poetry Journal.