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henrydavidlau
Henry David Lau
United Kingdom, Manchester

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Arachnid

In its web of lies
Insanity devours each other
Clambering over one another
Burning with carnivorous, cannibalistic heat
Insanity clawing at the walls
Nail, tooth and claws
Leaving violent screaming canyons
Filled with blood, mucus and family ties

The incestuous rape is no less horrific
Than the digestion of her asexual juices
By her hungry, angry, murderous children
Insanity climbing up the walls
Leaving its calling card
Where ever it goes:
Lose your head in my long-limbed legs
And hairy abdomen
To get your juices sucked dry
Call 0800-INSANITY now!

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Psychotic buzzing vibrates through the thick, sick, stench air
Blurring the boundaries of good taste and human decency
Twisting the boundaries of insanity and reality
Into the swirl of a hyper-coloured Willy Wonka-esque dessert mix
Silvery pink, baby blue, raspberry red
Helter-skelter myriad of arms, legs and
Of course, coarse, thick, dark, sharp hair
Digging in
Insanity crawling out
Eating its way through cotton-candy catacombs
Insanity will pad your windows
Insanity will dangle its wares from your light fittings
Insanity will smile at you with one eye open
And the other closed

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skettio Comment by: skettio - 2006-09-22 18:01
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I really like these two lines

"Twisting the boundaries of insanity and reality
Into the swirl of a hyper-coloured Willy Wonka-esque dessert mix"

Great descriptions.
Manda Comment by: Manda - 2006-09-22 17:51
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the set up of this piece, how you progressed through with each quite disconcerting stanza definitely paints a good picture of insanity. the poem ITSELF is insane almost, going from a recognizable metaphor in the first stanza, onto more elaborate, more disjointed metaphors towards the end. quite schizophrenic, this piece.

your alliteration and word play here is excellent. and the visuals are easy to see if not so easy to digest with a sane mind. good work.
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