SEPSCENDENCE
david estringel
MICTĒCACIHUĀTL
Lady of the Dead
Queen of the underworld
keeper of their bones
ancient festivals
celebrate the dead
in your name
You were born
and then sacrificed
as an infant
a human offering
we present to you
a flayed body
intact
revealing the void beneath
with mouth agape
to swallow the stars
at night.
THE FUNERAL OF MY DREAMS
In the funeral of my dreams all of my mortal enemies are invited. Once they arrive they take a seat. The pews creak. Suddenly the doors are locked from the outside. My corpse emerges from the casket, on strings. Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” plays through the speakers. My corpse, chasing my enemies as they try to escape the room.
David Estringel es un escritor / poeta con obras publicadas en publicaciones literarias, como The Opiate, Azahares, Cephalopress, North Meridian Review, Poetry Ni, DREICH, Horror Sleaze Trash y The Blue Nib. Su primera colección de poesía y ficción corta Indeleble Fingerprints (Alien Buddha Press) se publicó en abril de 2019, seguida de tres capítulos de poesía, Punctures (Really Serious Literature - 2019), PeripherieS (The Bitchin 'Kitsch - 2020) y Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press - julio de 2022). Su nuevo libro de micropoesía, pequeños pinchazos , una colaboración con el ilustrador y artista británico Luca Bowles, será lanzado en 2022 por Really Serious Literature.