THE OUTFIT

 

Stephanie Smith

 

 

Night stood in its dressing gown

wearing a crown of thorns

Poems of some dead existentialist

were wrapped around its waist

 

It wore human skin for elbow patches

sewn on a jacket made of lies

it found in a run-down thrift store

that smelled of formaldehyde

 

A knapsack was strapped across its back

containing a collection of stars

it planned to run away with one day

when it could afford the shoes

 

 

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     Stephanie Smith is a poet and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in such publications as THE HORROR ZINE, CARNAGE HOUSE, APHELION, RAVEN CAGE, THE LITERARY HATCHET, and ILLUMEN.