Oubliette by (xeno-unit)

this dank hole
with its smothering smell
of decay
 
a shaft of dying
sunlight pinpointing
endless despair
 
the taste of
lifeblood as it
seeps from cracked lips
 
the feel of dirt
under fingernails
that can dig no more
 
a sense of
hopelessness
personified
 
this punishment
graciously bestowed
by mother
 
 


(xeno-unit) is one of the pen names used by t. santitoro, editor of the minimal genre poetry magazine, Scifaikuest. Dark poetry isn’t one of santitoro’s usual mediums, but sometimes it works.
 
Published 5/12/19