my bloody-muse

dipped my pen into a vein,
sucked the red red beat,
scratched it out on paper skin,
ode to feel complete.

bloody verse for all to see,
bloody words all over me,
thoughts red out, in every line,
thoughts red out, forever mine.

leukocytes and thrombocytes
give my words that thrill,
plasma 'n platelets circumscribed
oh, if looks could kill.

arterial flow to adore,
enjambments beating muse,
words cut deep to underscore,
red emphasis turned verse.

a turn of phrase,
a cutting wit,
a bleeding bloody rhyme,
intravenous melancholy,
bloodletting words sublime.

exsanguinating poetry,
art without the guile,
what is real is what you see,
read 'n watch me bleed awhile.