Six Poems
by Sarah Freia
The Exchange
, and as my feet soak into the splotchy carpet,
creeping past bottles and broken promises that guard the door,
I cloak myself in scavenged bits of discarded cotton
sloppily strewn around the one bedroom downtown carcass,
choice bits of the carnal carnage still dripping from the bone.
I succumb to the vampiric compulsion to exchange life-sustaining fluid then flee to the
masquerade of my daily grind of blouses and briefcases;
Embraced by Selene, whose lustful lips kiss off all the blood I caused
to swell around my mouths, before the merciless Helios can unmask
the face of the bloody thief I have become, who has ravaged yet another hopeless heart,
United Devastation
Free, to live within
United Devastation
among individuals
idolizing assimilation.
Expand all borders!
Constrict all minds!
The view is so rosy
between wider blinds,
land of the rich
possessed by the poor
still thankful it’s far
from a tempestuous shore
Remember - you’re free!
Free to pay rent,
within the gilded dream
that it’s money well spent.
Translucent Lust
You are an
apparition of adoration,
and I am
possessed by passion.
Translucent lust lingers
throughout my chamber,
where heightened spirits came
together in corporeal carnality.
A distant banshee sings me
her sweet, sweet serenade.
Coalesced Commiseration
In solitude,
I cast nets into profilic pages:
, a fleeting form -
, a wanton wisp -
, a spectral soul -
mates match my solace with swipes
left to chance in the hopes
of igniting interest in beating hearths
coalesced in commiseration of extinguished embers
of solitude.
Gluttonous
We
chomp, clamp, and chew the fat
from each succulent scandal,
gluttons for guilt-free gossip
simply seasoned with scrutiny.
We
spit, steam, and stir the pot
peppering pipping-hot hearsay
over muted fare, forever
craving more, more, more!
We feast,
our idols find work for idle lips to do.
Obsessed Ouroboros
EXPLOSION
of neon necessities
broadcasted and lazered
into the glossy retinal screens
of the collective consciousness;
a fluctuating state
of mindless materialism
and industrialized interests
globally engorged upon by the
Gluttons of Growth,
desperate to devour
any delays on arrivals at
the right place,
the right time;
an obsessed ouroboros
with sights set
so far ahead
it cannibalizes it’s tail
into incessant and ignorant
IMPLOSION
BIO: Sarah Freia (she/her) is a multilingual writer, actor, singer, and stand-up who has lived in Paris, London, and Toronto. She studied Creative Writing at Oxford University (Exeter College), and holds an International B.A. in French and Hispanic literature and French B.Ed from Sorbonne Université/ Glendon Campus. Sarah is also a graduate of the The Second City Conservatory. Select poetry publications include Wild Greens Magazine, Soft Star Magazine, and The Ampersand. She is excited to have recently sold her first feature film script, which will begin filming next year. Socials: @sarahfreia / www.sarahfreia.com / www.sarahfreia.ca