QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD

A walking study in demonology
Our post-punk grunge Persephone
Pretty on the inside
Mocked and maligned
Magician of visceral artistry

Wife and partner to Kurt Cobain
Shared creativity fueled their pain
The tragedy of suicide
Kisses like cyanide
This grunge nobility’s tortured fame

An endless rehab rotation
Psychic demons crave salvation
Milk of the poppy
Ending in tragedy
Losing the prophet of a generation

Sharing the legacy of childhood trauma
Seering and painful emotional drama
You promised me
I’m dying please
Pushing one another to take it further

Anthems of rage capturing pain
Some say drugs were essential aids
But we might have more
More insight to explore
Leaving clean lets creativity proliferate

Her tarnished name is Courtney Love
Queen of the underworld–vixen of grunge
Celebrity skin
Fire surging within
A fierce potent legacy burns in her blood

–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025