Attic Archaeology — Lucy Ives

With a sigh like a draft in a haunted house,
The chest cavity spilled its garlands
Of antique incense and velvet rot.

Savoring the cinnamon taste
Of old silk and flesh become dust,
I grasped the dried rose of a dead heart.

Artist Bio

Lucy Ives is publishing her work again after a hiatus of several years. Her interests include thanatology in all its forms, diaphonization, taxidermy, anatomy, French Symbolist and Decadent literature, cemetery photography, Italian renaissance history, mythology and folklore, and ancient history. She can be found on Twitter @AmunetIves.