where did the eyes go? nicholas grooms

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// p o e t r y

Where Did the Eyes Go?
by Nicholas Grooms

Impulsions like a trident to heart
jagged tears in the fabric of yesteryear
coded language never understood
just shapes and symbols draped
in a mystery’s veil
they agitate within
skirting the brain wrinkles
touring the temples
to pound upon the door
the knock, knock, knocking
of the brass knocker
those skeletons, hanging for so long
they have disassembled themselves
crates of dry bones in the closet
fractured femurs and cuffs
xylophone rib cages
lost little piggy toes
as chatty as Yorick’s skull
upon Hamlet’s palm
orbital holes with nothing inside
emulating fresh graves
his and hers, side by side
laying dead-
             where the eyes they
             formerly had for one other
                                                     -used to go

about the author // Nicholas Grooms

Nicholas Grooms (he/him) is a poet, writer and musician hailing from Garden City, Kansas. He has appeared in such periodicals as Verse Libre Quarterly, Roi Faineant, Skyline Magazine and Midsummer Dream House, though he is best known for his work creating music for the Kansas City Chiefs organization. Grooms is also a revered sports and entertainment journalist and is author of the book “Me, Myself and I Hate You”. He currently resides in Austin, TX, forever learning and growing in his favorite role of “proud father”.

Instagram: @nicholasgroomsraps