Suntan schizophrenia

swallowing Ouroboros

with a mixed shot

of sweet sweat elixir

Solar tonic eclipse

blips across the radar

as it rummages through the lungs

pickpocketing the stomach lining

of a swollen organ paradise

Humming a bacterial singsong

along to the backwash of acid

dehydration mineral decomposition

Disintegration through digestion

whitewashing the interior

with liquid alkaline plasma theory

to send the parasites into a frenzy

scurrying to the edge of oblivion

kicked out of paradise

no more free ride

fallen hard from the garden

exiled from the guts

worms to the dust

maggots to the ash

mosquito blood

splashed upon the canvass

of healthy organism

cellular regeneration

© Scott Thomas Outlar

Excerpt from the book “Happy Hour Hallelujah”

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About the Author

Scott Thomas Outlar resides in the suburbs outside of Atlanta, Georgia where he spends the hours flowing and fluxing with the ever-changing currents of the Tao River while laughing at and/or weeping over life’s existential nature. He hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews can be found. His poem “Poetic Points” was nominated for Best of the Net by The Mind[less] Muse in 2015. Since beginning to submit his work in 2014, he has had more than 800 poems appear in over 200 print and/or online venues, both in the United States and internationally. He has been a weekly contributor to the Sunday Poetry Page of the social justice newsletter Dissident Voice for the past two years. Scott’s most recent chapbook “Songs of a Dissident” was released through Transcendent Zero Press.

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