17.11.24

Eye Injury Hallucinations, by Ennis Rook Bashe

When they tore my eye like ripping paper

I saw a staircase of jawbones,

red velvet, gold banister

I saw Manhattanhenge in the cherry blossom esplanade

Light-sculpted fetus charging reindeer unicorn

The archways under bridges bloomed with doors

Something never a horse fluttering violet mascara-strewn lashes-

wearing human eyes,

unbloodied

too much like my own when it stared back,

when it saw me.