in a circle
poking me in the rib
with their fingers
and I have no fear
I laugh at them
and puzzled
they look
at each other
and cry
and trembling
in terror
they fall
to the ground
and as I roar
in amusement
their bodies
catch fire
and aflame
they get up
and run
while I look on
and one by one
I see them stumble
and crumble
into ash.
and fire my body
this has burned
my brain
and turned my heart
to ash
I live though
and breathe blood
and when I walk
my footsteps make
the street melt
whatever I look at
quickly crumbles
to dust
so I close my eyes
not wanting
anymore
destruction
then a bell
begins to ring
in my ears
and it is so loud
I scream in pain
as roots of trees
break open
the ground
and grab me
dragging me
under the Earth
are you stupid
to be up there
they ask me
and not knowing
what to say
I keep quiet
then they bring me
the carcass
of a human
and shout
eat this
and I dig into
the flesh
and start gorging
on it greedily.
people
wickedness
like vomit
hatred
like madness
the houses
catch fire
the trees cry
the birds die
and babies
and children
rage in the street
the sun
has broken down
in the sky
light and darkness
blink on and on
and suddenly
all of us turn to ash
everything there is
and our Universe
is blown away.
and started whipping me
as I howled in horror
the Earth was shaking
and dead animals were stuck
on electric wires
children burst like blood balloons
and the streets were swallowing
all the vehicles
I could hear screaming everywhere
and my body was getting shredded
my flesh was falling on the ground
with every lash
and my mind shattered with pain
then the ghosts came and I could hear
myself shrieking and an explosion
made me see fire under
my closed eyelids and I tasted ash
and felt my tongue fall out of my mouth
while the planet’s burnt embers
enflaming everything
ended the Universe with a hiss
as though someone
had taken a piss.
when your head
catches fire
your eyes
your thoughts burn
your face melts
and as you touch it
your fingers get stuck
and singe
and you scream
and your tongue
crumbles into ash
blowing out
of your mouth
and soon
you too are
charred and
gone with the wind.
in my head
and rats crawl out
and escape
down the street
then snakes
start slithering out
going down my body
onto the road
and then children
run out and as they hit
the ground they turn to ash
blown away by the wind
and now I walk
howling in horror
at what is happening
and animals tumble
out of me and
I cry and blood flows
from my eyes
as I run helpless
and burst
into nothing.
for so long
it was burning
and I was screaming
as my face melted
and I ran in pain
and fell
disoriented
and got up again
and tried to put
one foot
before the other
but dropped
to the ground
one more time
and vomited
my insides
with blood
and died.
my body
reminds
me of garbage
I breathe sadly
and everything
seems to be wrong
and when I look up
at the sky
I find the sun
running like mad
and jumping
onto the Earth
and all I see
and me
go up in flames
and turn to ash.
the universe is burning
and I have never seen
anything like this
the moon explodes
and the stars go whizzing
through the skies
falling like ash
over us all screaming
while the fire spreads
and now
I am suddenly blinded
and I howl till
my voice goes
and I feel pain
like someone was
pulling everything
inside me
out of my mouth
and I am gone
breathless.
I eat a breakfast of rats
and then I break cars
with my bare hands
I kick down houses
and roll on the ground
roaring
the sky is red with fire
and I howl as the world
starts burning
while I watch myself
and the universe
turning to ash.
Dominic Alapat 