Liana Kapelke-Dale: Total Blitz of the Heart
Total Blitz of the Heart
with thanks to singer Bonnie Tyler
every now and then
a banshee hijacks my lungs then
screams
through my opened mouth
she can’t
make it stop
lightning war
staccato. Sparks.
dissonant bombs Fall
in lonely Cminor
bowing to Beethoven
a sweet german shepherd named Stuka
I N M E M O R I A M
of.
Dive Bombers everywhere
Never Forget
Xrays shrouded in soot
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broken bone as unseen as broken heart
please try again later
at a less cloudy date
stealth in the Dark
purring prowlers outside broken windows
bleeding onto shattered glass
Pain.
You.
depress a Flare
into my sternum
and Fire
an S.O.S.
to signal my distress
You hold me safe
try to seal the wound
with a righteous Kiss
i fall apart
in my dark bunker
dumped here as suddenly
as an Atom bomb
as quickly
as nuclear Waste
blind in the darkness
beneath me i feel
a large wooden crate
i slit my fingers
between its planks
inside
packed with straw
something cold and Metal waits
as i touch it
steel shoots quickly
up and into my arm
(Achtung!)
Compliments of Herr Mauser
Danke, Mein Herr
(du dreckiger Bastard)
The Gewehr 98
gets Loaded
with stripper clips
(natürlich)
then Locks some lead
into my empty chest cavity
replaces with Live ammunition
another heart
lost in the Blitzkrieg
Liana Kapelke-Dale is a written translator (Spanish to English) and non-practicing attorney. She holds a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School and a B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Liana resides in her native Milwaukee, WI, with her pointer/hound mix, Poet. Her work has been seen previously in such journals as The Fabulist, Uppagus, Torrid Literature Journal, and you are here. Liana enjoys writing bilingual poetry, and is also currently working on a series of personal ads in haiku form. Other interests include travel (especially in South America and Europe), vocal training, classic film, and learning French.