Jay Simpson – Cajun Mutt Press

Last Scramble

Jesters juggle balls profligate consumers belligerent deniers punch walls

artists poets hide behind curtains peering at smoke signals dystopian adventures

courts clear the guilty conscience travels against the wind righteousness defies morality

suicidal characters exit chessboards luckless pawns duck and weave

cashed up clowns stockpile real estate swinging couples trip through life

waring landlords revered credit cards cashless societies the fat belly of debt

hunting begins death the wish distorted views’ last scramble

the confluence of war and greed pleasures in bloodied rivers

target practice throughout the night the chain reaction’s postmortem

first light no landscape broken bodies’ chilling silence

Jay Simpson was born in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Perth Western Australia. She is recently published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Fevers of the Mind, Voices from the Fire Anthology, Horror Sleaze Trash, Ukraine: The Night and the Fire and Bedroom Anatomy Lessons. Jay is also published in a number of online magazines and journals. She is currently working on her book to be published in 2024. Jay loves poetry, art, music, satire and black comedy. She is the Creative Director and Author at ‘Living Dangerously’. Poetry Jay Simpson (wordpress.com)

Catastrophe

Polished dance floors dissonant harmonies distressed rhythms confuse the beat
solo artists stand in the wings practising pirouettes frenetic pace
the maestro struts into the war room holds meetings distributes plans
automatons obey each command rattling through smoky rooms
birds of prey hover around wait for their chance to pounce
papers flutter across the auditorium feathers flurry into the sea
the dancing plague the midnight ramble rock the auditorium
mannequins display their artful poses limbs detach torsos remain
the rioters fall into line armed for the fracas pumped for the kill
seasons change rains begin jungle swamps swallow violent men
leeches suck human blood monsters turn destroy themselves

Jay Simpson was born in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Perth Western Australia. She is recently published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Fevers of the Mind, Voices from the Fire Anthology, Horror Sleaze Trash, Ukraine: The Night and the Fire and Bedroom Anatomy Lessons. Jay is also published in a number of online magazines and journals. She is currently working on her book to be published in 2024. Jay loves poetry, art, music, satire and black comedy. She is the Creative Director and Author at ‘Living Dangerously’. Poetry Jay Simpson (wordpress.com)

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