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Stale Lord
by Alina Măciucă

I am the lord of the underworld.

My blood flows in rivers that pierce

the flesh of your Mother.

I am a peaceful lord. 

A stale lord.

I let water erode my veins.

And the water drips,

and the water drops

sculpt

the figures of monsters and gods

on the walls of my arteries.

I am the lord of the deep. 

Sometimes their feet slip,

when they descend into 

the caverns of my heart.

Their hands let go.

Tireless ones, fearless ones. 

Their bones break and crunch,

their flesh tears open,

their blood flows woven with mine. 

I am a peaceful lord.

A stale lord.

I only feast when bodies break

Fiction © Copyright Alina Măciucă
Image courtesy of Rie Sheridan Rose

More about Alina Măciucă:

Alina Măciucă enjoys reading, writing, buying odd trinkets, and taking photos of beautifully decaying buildings. She has formally studied religion and hermeneutics at the University of Bucharest, and really has a thing for the Greco-Roman mysteries and Gnosticism, as well as for Renaissance magic. She lives in Bucharest with her very supportive boyfriend, their two cats, and an ever-expanding vinyl and book collection.