The Ancient House by Ashley Bullen-Cutting

(close during the day? don’t be silly)
threading alleys with undesirable
flag-bearers of jack and
gargling threshold sleepers
for the betterment of commerce
postmodern
temporally blurring
the bygone with the near-flung
taking a hammer to heritage
for the betterment of commerce
make me whole
creaked winding stairwells
that peaked in attics vacuous
laden with tote, blender
leeching all identity
franchise vampires
wood-worming history
for the betterment of commerce
install faux-wooden walkways
align tattooed beam-veins
splinter the premodern
eradicating the singular
consumer eyesores
for the betterment of commerce
in between swings
there’s only so much i can do
to an amputee phoenix
sinking into disrepair
& sometimes it sticks
sometimes
then a low-hanging pack of
the ancient house shuffling at
revisionist heresy
ignominious synergy
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Ashley Bullen-Cutting is a writer concerned with Weird, Eco, Gothic and Queer. He likes painting his nails and the chaotic dreams that reading Lovecraft before bed produce. His work has been published in Isacoustic, Riggwelter, Lonesome October Lit and Three Drops Poetry. @abullencutting

