Tag: National Poetry Month
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Grail Rituals
Quad six shave a six, walking down pilgrimage Soot black flag to which my loyalties fixed From burning rivers I draw my waters Rites in a cave until someone caught us Ritually slaughtering members of dawn chorus We floored it, devil and lawmen in hot pursuit Give them the boot to lick, my loot glints…
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Jedirish Eyes Are Smiling
When they brought me before the council Yoda keeled over I barely spoke before he’s zoning on a Midichlorian overdose They all wear overcloaks, most are blokes The council’s will overthrown Palpatine ascends the throne Lightsabres red as vodafone His feared guard make poor hosts, dinnerguests get forcechoked Most of them have forked tongues to…
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Skip Forward
Dial in on a certain midnight frequency The moon’s lease is one night long Don’t go in the water around Liberty City Big spiky hair rivalling Liberty’s lady on Ellis Island Don’t mind the talkies but prefer ones with violence Skip forward to the gory bits In dreams I’m seeing unicorns In ye I’m seeing…
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Revival Play
Rivers moling their way to Jules Vernes’ internal oceans Their frothed commotions roused by monsters like Komodos Bred with Kodos From outside our Cosmos The King wears purple to attend the Gala, his stall farther forward than others The King in Yellow will be performed, the King in Yellow is in attendance His visible attendants…
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Might Be Angels
Argument, half hearted political rant, usual spiel Anything to stopper the silence Men go to rocks without sirens Might be angels treat them decently any indigents with shoeless feet Cross the street to meet them, your charitable best foot forward, release From your grasp more coin than he asks, cast them not into his lap…