Jackie Chou

murderous night
the planchette 
guiding my hand

— Jackie Chou

not meaning

to raise the knife

telekinesis

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

her poems...
the raising of hair
on my arms

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

blood sunrise
awaking to the prick
of her syringe 

— Jackie Chou

sliced lotus roots

a hundred sockets

without eyes

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

locked inside yesteryear glint on my braces

 
— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

Hinamatsuri
the imperial guard dolls
raise their swords

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

 night forest
the centaurs exchange 
their appendages 

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

empty hallway 
the squeak of sneakers 
behind me

— Jackie Chou

unrequited love

a pin through the heart

of a voodoo doll

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

ikebana show
the people-eating flower
opens its petals

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

garden gate 
the lips of stone lions
begin to move

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

childhood basement 
a wood-eyed puppet says
would I, would I?

— Jackie Chou

blood moon

autocorrect wants me

to eat fried children

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

moonlit farm
the scarecrow staring
at my new clothes

— Jackie Chou

severed roses

the chill of his blade

on my neck

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

haunting flute song
summoning the friends
we’ve lost these years

— Jackie Chou 

haunted Christmas

the clatter

of tree ornaments

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

Descanso Garden 
the moving lips 
of camellias 

— Jackie Chou 

rusty mirror

my mother’s face

in the reflection

— Jackie Chou 

Jackie Chou

sultry summer night
the geisha doll
waving her fan

— Jackie Chou

art museum

Mary Magdalene

returns my gaze

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

dream’s end
the weight
of my doppelganger

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

deserted churchyard
an empty wine bottle
by his tomb

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

crescent moon
waking to the wrath
of her blade

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

empty sockets
where his eyes should be
night prowler

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

laptop screen
behind my reflection
an eyeless man

— Jackie Chou

Jackie Chou

midnight train
the conductor’s
wolf face

— Jackie Chou