The Self Poisoner by Frank Andrick
” my limbs grow heavy and my sight grows dim “
The last words of Socrates
I too as the self poisoner by my blood
One who is not to be
Conspiracy of heredity, decay into death
I have watched with these two eyes
This is not the future I expected
Between the stubborn brain and the faultless mind
I would kill death if I could
My eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the end
It can be heard in hallway journeys on gurneys
The halls of insight
I want to create
That’s gods work
Pen to paper, brush and pencil,
picture to photo assemblages
I am almost ready to go
I am always ready to know
I am…
The flower and the flame
The feast and the famine
The darkness and the light
The victor and the vanquished
The desert and the sea
The despair and the hope
In me lives the death and the resurrection
The death and the resurrection
Thru this life and thru time
Recognize me, see me now
The Self Poisoner
And echo of Baudelaire’s self tormentor
The Self Poisoner
the same blood that once brought me into life
Now brings me to death.
I circulate these poisons
Where we go… We shed skin
Become light, Speak in colors
Live Forever…
Dante called it Paradiso
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Frank Andrick is a poet, prose writer, and storyteller born in Montreal Canada. He was a host of the popular, much awarded Poetry Unplugged @ Luna’s, a featured writer/open mic series in Sacramento winner of many S.N.&R’s ‘Best Of Sacramento’ awards for 20 years, including the New Sacramento host Award. Frank was the anchor/producer of the 2 hour literary radio program, The Pomo Literati, broadcast on KUSF/KFCR & the net/web globally for 18 years. He likes to dabble with Alchemy, Philo-Occult studies, Absinthe, The Knights Templar, & 50’s & 60’s monster/horror films. Books published include SOLUNA, Vigilent Angel, PariScope’ A Triptyche’ & numerous anthologies. He was the Co-Editor of WTF Arts Journal with Rachel Leibrock published via Rattlesnake Press. His poems, prose, short stories and Cine-poems are recorded w/ sound and image and posted on YouTube. He is also the subject of the animated series ‘Drop In with Frank’.
Fave motto – “In an age where the dull are treated seriously, I live in terror of being understood.” Google-Bing him please… he loves it !!
“To Everyday Strive To Become A Great Man And A Saint
But Always In Accordance With One’s Own Standards”
Charles Baudelaire 1864
