The Monster is the Closet is a personal testimony wrapped in allegory, tracing one child’s journey through fear, discovery, transformation, and finally love. Built on the colors of the spectrum, it celebrates identity not as a single moment of arrival, but as a brave unfolding toward confidence, truth, and sacred union.
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The Theater: An Allegory Up In Smoke
What starts as a single match strike grows into a conflagration of defiance, indulgence and decay. This is the smoke-filled theater we are choking in today.
Apophorism
A darkly playful poem that twists old sayings into new absurdities, blending satire, philosophy, and carnival imagery in biting verse.
Hemorrhaged Fears
Inspired by Rush’s Hemispheres, Hemorrhaged Fears reimagines the battle of reason and emotion through the lens of modern political division. This poetic epic explores the struggle between ideologies, the chaos of polarization, and the search for balance in a fractured world.
Mannino Acid 