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Aurelio Rico Lopez III
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Legacy
Aurelio Rico Lopez III
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Michelangelo
had the Sistine Chapel;
Beethoven
had his music;
And Twain
had Tom and Huck.
Locked
up in my cell,
I ask
myself
Will
I be remembered?
What
legacy will I leave behind?
Women
and men
Burned,
strangled, stabbed,
Shot,
run over, and drowned.
Forty-one
in all.
Will
people remember me?
My cellmate
snores,
And I
watch his chest rise and fall.
I think
of Leonardo’s David
And Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet.
Maybe 41 isn’t
enough.
Lovely Charred Eyes
Aurelio Rico Lopez III
The house is a crippled leper
Disfigured with blistered paint
And cracked tiles and glass.
Veiled figures silently
Lay bouquets of flowers
On the porch remains.
The rains fail to rid the
Acrid stench;
Tears unable to wash away
The nightmare of the blaze
That consumed the family
While they slumbered.
Half-buried in ash and rubble,
A doll with burnt clothing and hair
Admires the blooms
With lovely charred eyes.
Death Symphony
Aurelio Rico Lopez
III
Rhapsody of murder
In three-fourths time signature.
Rhythm of nails
Impaling themselves
Into hardwood coffins;
Jingling chains coupled with
Fists pounding against lid;
A chorus of muffled screams.
Click of pistol hammer.
Fine.
Aurelio Rico Lopez III
is a self-diagnosed scribble junkie from Iloilo City, Philippines. His poems have appeared in various venues such as Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Sybil’s Garage, The Horror
Express, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit,
Scifaikuest, Kaleidotrope, Tales of the Talisman, Electric Velocipede, Black Petals, The Fifth Di’, and elsewhere. He is also the
author of the chapbooks Jolts and Shocks
(Sam’s Dot Publishing. You can reach him at thirdylopez2001@yahoo.com
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