Killer Romance
“Killer Romance” is from my short story anthology “Things that Go Bump In My Head,” which also includes a bit of poetry.
Killer Romance
Spoken Word Poetry
By Sumiko Saulson
People love, you know…
We do love, untrue love,
and there are puppies and kittens,
chubby babies who don’t
have bows…
and arrows…
All trivialized in February
(that was my grandpa’s birthday)
Because they are now
Iconic representations
of an infatuation
More impure than
The sweet-smelling rose
We chose
To kill, to represent…
Incense, sickly sweet
I have allergies
It makes me sick
It reeks…
like a grape-favored cigarillo
And I know that you know
When it lies…
I like the natural
look of love
You know, the way it is.
I said I was tired
And you didn’t keep me
Up all night…
Almost like you recognized
I was a human being
With needs
Like sleep
To me, that is love.
But I am not
Romant-ick…
It makes me sick
Like if sex is good
You don’t always have to
Talk about it
You’re too busy
Doing it…
And love is like that
If you do love
True love
Not just constantly hot
New love…
It’s real.
Like a kitten, not a card
Like a baby, not a cupid
Like a grandpa, not a holiday
Like a real, live, rosebush
It lives because
You tend it
Like a garden
I water my garden
I don’t just
Write poems to it
Happy Valentine’s Day
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“Things That Go Bump In My Head” is a collection of short stories and other writing by horror and science fiction novelist Sumiko Saulson. A bit of old fashioned horror… a ghost story… a couple of works on the dark humor side of horror (and they are unabashedly funny), a science-fiction dystopic tale, a few works of psychological horror… even a bit of poetry.
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Sumiko Saulson 
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