Rich Schilling

unmarked cars idling the crows gaze

— Rich Schilling

the stench

of his breath

brain rot

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

clutching
her rosary
a severed hand

— Rich Schilling

red lips

a bone flute

stained with blood

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

floodwater
the creek damned
with coffins

— Rich Schilling

the first crack in the coffin flies

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

abandon campsite
buzzards pecking at
blackened teeth

— Rich Schilling

crescent moon

at my window

one white claw

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

hands of the clock
another turn
of the thumbscrews

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

dead air
the radio dj’s
last breath

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

sickle moon

the babysitter leaves

a trail of blood

— Rich Schilling

unearthed skulls

missing gold teeth

the graverobber’s grin

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

witching hour
she tightens her braid
around his neck

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

red leaves the wood chipper raining blood

— Rich Schilling

Rich Schilling

alley shadows
rats scurry into
a corpse mouth

— Rich Schilling

cleaning the crawl space

spiderlings scatter

from a skull

— Rich Schilling