Mosaic by James Mirarchi

A fanboy named Todd

throws a dinner party for his superheroes

After they leave

he smashes all the mirrors

into bits

for they have captured their auras

Instead of tattooing his skin with his idols

he lacerates his body with tiles of mirror

The spectral pieces are fitted vertically

like shirt buttons

into the front and back of his torso

Directly over the chakras

The trunk of his body becomes

a more grotesque version of a glitter rocker’s

Silver shards merge with flesh

Blood oozes from his energy centers

The process of ditching one’s self

and becoming another

causes much strife

and, of course, profuse bleeding

Author bio:

James Mirarchi grew up in Queens, New York. In addition to his poetry collections, Venison and Dervish, he has written and directed short films, which have played at festivals. His poems have appeared in Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Poydras Review, gobbet, Boyslut, The Mind[less] Muse, Dead Snakes, The Recusant, Subliminal Interiors Magazine, and Clockwise Cat.