burrow
into the decayed
heartshit
like a maggot
with probing tongue
sharp of fang
incessant
in need

memory veins
like ore
from which
to feast upon
with talon and beak

carving ownership
onto the collapsed walls
of cardiac infraction
like tagging the bricks
of another
dirty underpass

pre-conscious promiscuity
while laying eggs
to fester
in the hollow skinflaps
of tomorrow’s
fevered corpse

dull teeth
gnawing gnarled gristle
of tenacious tendons

burrow deeper