Theme Park of Garbage

In my theme park of garbage,
predatory clown dolls regurgitate,
stuffed bears collapse.

Descending hisses live underneath
the floor, generate continual seepage.

Brains can’t conjure any more
ghosts from the leaking sink holes.

Eyes are shattered apertures.
Eyelashes are red ribbon
candy dripping blood.

Juliet Cook’s poetry has appeared in a small multitude of print and online publications. She is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks, most recently including “red flames burning out” (Grey Book Press, 2023), “Contorted Doom Conveyor” (Gutter Snob Books, 2023), and “Your Mouth is Moving Backwards” (Ethel Zine & Micro Press, 2023). She has another new poetry chapbook, “REVOLTING”, forthcoming from Cul-de-sac of Blood in fall 2024. Her most recent full-length poetry book, “Malformed Confetti” was published by Crisis Chronicles Press in 2018. Cook’s tiny independent press, Blood Pudding Press, sometimes publishes hand-designed poetry chapbooks and sometimes creates other art. You can find out more at https://julietcook.weebly.com/.