type O[negative] *

october music

settles
her down in her niche,
she feels herself
slip
ping
back in.

hello blood,
razor
blades,
(ohpositive),

wrists,

madness.

sleep
becomes a memory. it does not seem
to matter the little sleep she had
the night
before
was really
passing
out,

coming down
from stimulant, hallucinogen,
depressant,
[mix

liberally].

she tries
not to
sleep. it feels,
more permanent, a
forceful takeover
each morning requires
sys-
tem

shock.

sleep
snatches, terrifies her
here it comes, she can feel

the signs. the middle,
tripfall—this is less certain.
the madness,
an endless thing
takes her over
again.


it will only be
later, through the recollections of others
that she will remember anything at all.





*senior thesis poem