september ugliness

they hold guns in their hands,

and pretend to love flowers.

they hide loudspeakers in their mouths,

and pretend to be silent.

they grow demons in their mind,

and pretend to be angels.

they close their eyes,

cover their ears with their hands,

then,

emit their malice.

december daydream

i want to be smoke that nobody cares about,

before i'm pierced by knives named malice.

it can float and go everywhere,

it can change shapes,

it can be invisible.

i want to be the bloody horizon,

before i get shot by bullets named ugliness.

it can just lie down,

it can just yawn purely,

it can be the one and only.

ABOUT:

Yuu Ikeda (she/they) is a Japan-based poet and writer. She loves mystery novels, western art, sugary coffee, and Japanese comic “呪術廻戦 (Jujutsu Kaisen)”.

She writes poetry on her website: https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com/.

Her latest essay “Circulation of Poison” was published in The Serulian. And her latest poetry chapbook “Mentally, Midnight” was published by Naked Cat Publishing. One of her big dreams is to write while traveling around the world. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @yuunnnn77.

EDITOR'S SONG PAIRING: ΔLLICØRN — Something Died (ABBA - SOS Mix)