Tag: writing
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Homework
God mountain maker He takes his scales to everything and modifies the surfeit With an arch engineer’s autistic precision The spread legs of his vast compass form a darkening arch over the world. His works are balanced Light twinned to dark, exceeding it in number if not in boldness Craft built like the universe was…
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Brother
Hook nosed with rod crooked God-favoured blood hissing God selects favourites from among his constructions Fortune’s favourites, in like flavour The bloodlines of his nearest dearest host mostly beloved beloved most. Each artful dizzying of the clockface marking countless deep time epochs Suffering the Mosaic Hebrews were plagued by a pox They wailed at walls…
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Instructions For A Wake
Venerate my demise Venerate me at my demise Whether I was a miser hard on dimes A master charmer fixed on dames A mixer and hod carrier fixing Dame Street Bury me like I was a king Abounding fires let girdle the spot Vile earth in paces measured Payments eclipse my sightless eyes boatman’s tithe…
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Indecisive Patriarchs (Yesah Noah)
Standing at the gates, a Lamassu Second rate your llama zoo Te llamo who? The ark the ark upon the waves, below the graveless dead unsaved and unsavoury Doubt is a slavery, that God didn’t make me, doubt daily rapes me The voice guiding this vessel perilous, this violent earth; the sons of Pelias Dripping,…
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SubDublin
A wild hunt rides out tonight Hate is sallied forth Troubles now are here again What did we learn up North? Send them all underground like the Poddle “Send them all back” its backing breaking bottles The ill-thought glow of a public bus in flames Tear chairs out and carry them up the Gaol Execute…
Alchemisland 