Werewolf Boyfriend

a little collection of erasure poems {source: THE COLD ONE} via 2019's The Poeming: Peril of Pike.

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 5: —after six—

one glance was enough the answer nothing and everything—an hour alone:

here he was holy

something inside him broke— three times since the first—each rhythm  one to the body, one to the mind

                  light

                     deep breath

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 151-3.]

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 4: —opening—

one night he buried his wife— marked the spot with a stone  marked the place                       in his heart

             a line on water

                          for him, after

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 150.]

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 3: —trust a girl—

you can’t understand how important words are when and where your breathing slows and your heart leaks blood. yes, one minute, a  hole in the heart

                     subtle work

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 88-98.]

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 2: —call—

a week had gone by. a week of waiting and dread. then one morning it awakened another nightmare—seven days, thinner, yet a trace— possible               you want to hear it                         you do

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 87.]

[timetobelieveinmonsters]

October 1: —tender flesh—

the girl dropped her arm no actually she shifted—had no intention of letting go wave goodbye                          step inside

real and imaginery—enough time to start believing in monsters.

[erasure poem! source: Pike, Christopher. The Cold One. TOR, 1995. 232.]