Thomas Zimmerman

in the bowl
of candy corn
a fang

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

midnight strikes
the cracked 
doll smiles

— Thomas Zimmerman

within the heap

of mandrake roots

a tiny scream

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

fat worm
where
your tongue once was

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

dead lover’s scent
a spider
on the pillow’s cooler side

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

blood moon
and two red eyes
in sighing pines

— Thomas Zimmerman

wet dream

your swollen corpse breaks through

the river ice

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

among the fallen maple leaves
a withered hand

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

hard rain tonight
all the dead poets
typing

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

beheaded king
the crown
still rattling

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

in the mirror
only darkness
where your face should be

— Thomas Zimmerman

your ouija board tattoos

i kiss my dead

to life

— Thomas Zimmerman

Thomas Zimmerman

string quartet
sawing pine boards
for your coffin

— Thomas Zimmerman