Choka #38
Bumped off of the plank
Into the deepest of depths
A perfect swan dive
Through the blackest of wonder
If a god’s in sight
An awing is not offered
Brave the brief transit
Powered by failing flashlight
White winging singing
Shadows on their high horses
Their drone of not here
Simply the orchestra’s wind
Section tuning up
Sounding like birds answering
Each other with riffs
Reading their mumbling lips
Don’t look in our eyes
And you will not discover
Their look of distrust
Turning heads as comets will
Then elegantly
Trail the sharp icy crystals
Of being stood up
It is the best they can do
Light bright marquee crawls
Across all human foreheads
Blatantly announce
Has Need to Get out Much More
With limp broken wings
I see the loathsome shadow
Dark is the hangman
He’s fumbling with the noose
Know that Surrender
Leads away from obvious
A powerful tool
For the love of your life call
And I kid you not
666-666-6
Recognizable
…
His left hand will be hidden
And his face will be bowed low
haha...brilliant...i like the opener, and miss having a spoon...and the writ on the foreheads, smiles...yes dont look in those eyes...really nice flow as well...
ReplyDelete"Post-cosmic gotcha" - oh,yeah. But no surrender on this front.
ReplyDeleteThat's the number for a taxi service! ;)
ReplyDeleteShould that be "is a" in the last line of the second stanza?
Hey, that works!
Deleteis a - 'isa' combined to make a single syllable. -J
Is this about faux religious fervour? Reminds me of the hypocrasy of some worshippers and token Christianity and the disappointment of final retribution. Or do I have the wrong end of the stick as usual?
ReplyDeleteyeah. this muse seems to have brought out the morose in all...I'm going out to look at tulips now
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice interweaving of the muse. But my favorite part is the intro.
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