by Eric Burgoyne
Nauseating scent
of blooming corpse
flowers
Surely shunned
but for fetid
fawning fans
Relishing rotting
flesh odor
putrid pus
Celebrating early
arrival of a
doppelganger
Rolling onstage
charisma surpassing
intelligence
Masking
malignant
immaturity
Fear of failure
trumping intellectual
preparation
Nit, wit
feigned grit
gumption
Fascination
sans
rumination
Early blooming
hastening
early death
About the author:
Eric Burgoyne writes poetry from his home on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He has an MA in Creative Writing - Poetry, from Teesside University, Middlesbrough England. His poems have appeared in The Dawntreader, Spillwords, Sledgehammer, Skink Beat Review, Rat’s Ass Review, and elsewhere.