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POETRY
Christina
Sng, human, resident of the world, lives on the Equator with her
husband and their big-boned cat. She is the author of poetry collections
The Darkside of Eden and Angelflesh, and her work
has appeared in such venues as Black Petals, Dark Animus,
Dreams and Nightmares, Flesh & Blood, Hadrosaur
Tales, The Pedestal Magazine, Penumbric, Space
& Time, and Wicked Hollow, among many others. Visit her
online.
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HE
HEAD IS INFLAMED, red
As a hot poker, yet
There is no fever, they claim.
Water
poured onto
The scorched circuit
sizzles,
Bubbling into a lava
hell
Burning
blackened nodules
That bleat a final plea
To end it all.
© 2003 Christina Sng, all rights reserved
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