Of war, of war this day I write,
Of battle and blood that is shed in the night,
Of cries and screams, of blood and pain,
I wish this night to become day's light.
The pain, the pain of the killing pursuit,
The scars etched upon berserker brutes,
The hate and fear of fire and lead,
I see the fruit of the reaper's loot.
Oh fire, oh fire and destruction's start,
Oh copper and lead seeking the foes' hearts,
Oh flesh and bone you sought to rend,
And as their souls depart,
The devil sees your new art.
The Siren's Call.
Bright pink lips,
booty shorts,
a bikini top.
She gestures wildly,
beckoning every person
to have a dance with her.
Another drink goes down
and I'm pulled into her dance
where hips thrust wildly
and hands roam everywhere.
Yet when lips meet,
it's hollow and broken
sloppy and careless
no spark or real feelings.
I don't walk away
or even pull apart.
Our limbs mesh together more
and even though it's full of sweat
and nothing more than heat
I cannot bring myself to turn away.
This Siren has captured me,
and for the rest of the night
I'm hers.
Mrs. Peacock tucks away a knife.
Miss Scarlet lingers in the parlour,
Chatting merrily to Mr. Plum,
As Mr. Green sits, chewing on his pipe.
And Colonel Mustard is cleaning his revolver,
Lingering over coffee in his room.
A sudden shot echoes in the room
Where Mrs. White is hiding with a knife.
Colonel Mustard empties the revolver
And puts the bullets in the parlour,
Startling Mr. Green who drops the pipe
And stumbles, reaching for a plum.
Miss Scarlet is in love with Mr. Plum
And slips away to await him in her room
Where she finds the butler, bludgeoned by a pipe;
And another body, bloodied by a knife
Is discove
The city of hollow stones you've visualised it, far distant, as your night thoughts writhe toward those dreamscapes denied you by the stubborn absence of sleep. Pyramids, obelisks, hollow shrines, all tokens of divine possession. In this city, those who are not possessing have been possessed.
This valley of departed kings has long since succumbed to the sand blasting of desert storms, buried deeply now beneath an ocean of dunes. Still the lost city's blind gods watch over the emptied spaces jealously.
Here past and future
will never part company,
fused in stasis.