Princess of Pink – Mika Hrejsa
April 16, 2019
hyena princess fur of hot pink
glittered up her side
eyes black-taped over pupils blooming electricity
muzzled trophy’d aberration
stilled up on the mantel steam bubbles
thru leather silencer around maw
doesn’t deafen pain like the movies show
heartbeat sanded down a rat’s rhythm now
her tears made a boy treat
bark bark barks evaporated
off her tongue inhale
her bubblegum silence
spotlight on back at all hours
sunburnt stench clinging underside
diet of ghosts
cannibalizing memory only bliss left
taste of simulated sakuras
neonblood fade in out in out
in out in out on a non-space
veranda eaten at the corners by tv snow
one foot in tampa bay
the other in lake michigan
kentucky wolves eating thru her abdomen
strongest bite among mammals
ain’t worth shit
when barbed wire’s strict against her tendons
grip mouth around bondage
rip & rip & rip & rip
sparks along her lead daggerteeth
shredding herself in all directions against
the axis of the comfortable state
time burned thru her head &
like a switchblade corruption
slides in she’s puking forest fires
wants to see the gators frenzy
misses the acid burn
watching cranes spurt red across
reflective surfaces during
sunrise at the 10pm
ribcage like moss infestation
on the oak floorboards spine
parallel to the crawl space mud
the hyena princess needs saving
and the house is quiet