Dark Poetry: Faulty Locks

twist the vise. a simple choice. clouded in grief and spit.

errant animals wear their claws on the inside. 

quietly. like we are still protected by those secrets. 

name the ugly and all its severed limbs. 

taste the grunts of the stray. as it looks in on frozen  windows. 

slip the knot. foul the guise. as the future frets its wealth. 

rabid dogs in pursuit of crippled rabbits. 

swallow the edge. let gravity absorb your weight. 

crush the world and scatter the pieces.