Yulia Aleynikova- Three Poems

Grope to death

Some men immediately feel they are dogs

as soon as you politely ask them

not to speak. Then like honey when kissing, saliva spills

out of pockets, pores, hips as they demonstrate a few tricks:

first, they run around and think

of groping a woman to death;

second, they examine the fragile body looking for a spot

to be groped to begin with;

third, their wide, as two full moons, eyes

transfix on a woman's butt,

and you know why. Or not, so I'll tell you:

a man would do that to avoid leaking? a woman’s fingertips,

because he doesn't know where they have been

since the moment she got up;

we humans rarely do something we don't know

for sure.

claustrophobic bacteria

steal orgy

machines crammed in a basement

noroominbetween

my closest Minsk gym

muscled guy in charge

eyes: two clumsy snails

I ask where the slime spray and wipers are

don't worry about it

too late to worry, 30000 rubles paid

only three dollars

step on the elliptical, touch the holders

I drive my thoughts with no room in between

away with rapid movement of my legs

it's there

the invisible condensed layers of filth

hello bacteria

I'll hook you up with my sleazy army

bye bacteria

there are no bacteria it's all in your mind

otherwise

dogs licking licking water from the puddle

would have stretched their

sculptured thighs

to face claustrophobia

Who pressures volcano

He tells me

that it hurts

when his efforts:

calling me, texting, sending me pictures

are not

appreciated. When

he tells me that, he is

a thunderstorm in

the dense forests in

the east of Congo, near

rebel-controlled areas, nobody

goes there.

His words flop

into the ten-hundred-metre crack

of the local high shield volcano

that erupts

every three years,

with no effort involved, it

just does. Who makes the lava

burst? nobody

pressures the volcano

to erupt, even the armed groups,

but it's silent now

so am I.

Yulia Aleynikova is a Russian-born author who writes to escape the traps of consciousness. She gets inspired by the human nature and relationships. She is currently living in Vernon, BC. Her work has recently been published in "filling Station magazine" and "Ascent Aspirations Bizarre Anthology".