"Assassins on the Rag"

by Ash Lomen and Made in DNA, ©2008

Ana is a cold, hard bitch
doubly so today
 
she has a scar
that dances it’s way
up from her pouty lips
down to her deep-set
azure eyes
 
she is genocide-thin
a utility belt hugging
her tiny waist
like some lecherous old man
phallic blades all around
 
and smelling my blood
she hunts me down in minuets
flaying my disposable guards
before I can even
so much as draw
 
her slaughter is poetic
 
she kills with an enthusiasm
rarely seen
by the eyes
of the living
 
and even in death
I love her for that
 

…

‘08

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This poem inspired the Assassins Mash-up Project, a sextremely hyper-violent short fiction collection with cover work by Pink Dog artist Jerem Morrow. In PDF format. Gratis.