“The Past Is Catching Up With You” © Jury S. Judge

 

I’ve got it all worked out

Bleeding, breathing, breeding, a human girl,
Conniving, conceited, existentially depleted,
Doesn’t the very thought get you going?
The world has a misery kink and I’m it’s whore.

Deception, a common misconception, the unthinkable thought
That you might actually know what you’ve done.
And I’m a genius, and I’m a mastermind, and I’ve got you figured out.
I’ve got it all worked out.

A marionette and a masochist, it’s not symbiotic,
It’s interpersonal masturbation.
How can you control what doesn’t have a mind of its own?
Tell me my role and let’s get on with the show.

Fleeting, feeding, failing, fleeing.
You want to eat me alive.
Slimy and grotesque and overly obsessed.
You’re going to eat me alive.

God’s curled fist and the devil’s forked tongue,
It’s going to eat me alive.
Clean up after yourself when all is said and done.
I’m going to eat you alive.

 

Caspar N. Cruz is a 17 year old poet and author based in Rockland County, NY. They are passionate about using written word as a form of activism and self reflection- the former mostly in prose, the latter mostly in poetry. Cruz will pursue a Creative Writing degree in college and hopefully as a professional, full-time career.

Jury S. Judge is an internationally published artist, writer, poet, and cartoonist. Her “Astronomy Comedy” cartoons were published in Lowell Observatory’s publication, The Lowell Observer. She was interviewed on the television news program, “NAZ Today” for her work as a cartoonist. Her artwork has been widely featured in over one hundred and fifty magazines, including the covers of, Blue Mesa Review, Elements Review, Glass Mountain, and Levitate. She has also been interviewed by Streetlight Magazine and The Antonym. The City of Flagstaff selected her art for a public art opportunity where her art was displayed on traffic signal cabinet boxes located at two different intersections. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BFA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. In addition to art and photography, her passions include hiking and traveling to exciting, new destinations.