Poetry In Dark Whispers Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

Poetry In Dark Whispers

Whispers are innately macabre
chillingly clinging to the marrow in the bone
sometimes sounding guttural without the gut

Vocal cords alive with dead intonation
Like they came from skeletons without skulls
whispering into ears devoid of tears

Skulls devoid of membranes except local vocal cords
whispering dirges for days
mandibles with ivory moving in unison
incisors making teeth rattle in fear

not so much because of the message,
but for the hollowness of the voice
whispering softly at low volume

'Come again tonight
and dance tranced till daylight'

As if the dead would be paying respects to the living
reciting poetry in dark whispers

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