The progeny of death has been excepted from a chapbook,
soon to be published.
The progeny of death
[1]
In the altercation between life and death
there is no singular principle
that defines the normality of morbid
absolutions embedded into the prospect
of singular existence and it is then that
we must recognize that the progeny
of the deceased are the remnants of fear
caught within the tormented anguish
of losing what was but inevitable.
[2]
Time that strips herself naked
refuses vehemently to stand motionless
for the glazed eyes grappling with
the rapid transformation that is engaged
within that social conclave unto which
human emotion is buried with a melancholic
distaste that few encroach upon
and then when the tears piquantly stain
the symbolic utterances of routine exchange
embroiling the translation into a vortex
of unforgivable depression.
[3]
“What do the lips of a dead corpse
say to you?” “Nothing.”
the finality of demise betrays herself
for memories torment a fluid existence
even as broken plates are mended
and empty cold houses resumed with
the passion of running water flowing
with a calm ease, subliminally obtuse
for when the last drop falls, it resonates.
[4]
The newspaper reads:
Children’s dreams floating into an abyss
Bellicosity of religious carcasses ensnared
in a void that no one can justify
Primiparous defect in a nut shell
Dignity stolen from the elegance of every story.
The mirror reads:
Wrinkles illuminated by soft sunlight
Gravity worn transparent silhouettes
Tendrils in a milieu of gray shades
Inability of the aged function
[5]
And then trepidation answers
to the call that echoes within these hallow walls
expostulating with the linearity of logical
reasoning that cries paradoxically for escape.
[6]
Precipitablity of life unto the arms of death
deifying birth as the resurrection upheld
to open the gates of hope insurmountable
preserving the legacy that was, that is, that will be
even as these gifts come with no guarantee
as the sunsets and the moon sparkles with
a tedium that is as fastidious as fascinating
dialectics are unearthed to create the
significance of appreciation.
[7]
Presurmise visions dance eclectically.
In Barbarian Brothels
[1]
In barbarian brothels
of spoken negation
victory upon
the separation of blood
from the pale corpse
spilling tears of defeat
even as the screen of applause
celebrates the infusion
like the carcass to
the eye of the eagle
trepid visual fallacy
the gamete of a spectacle
in a furotic frenzy
violent in its immobility
of sublimated fixation
piacular wantonness
that is inherent to
the bestial desire
in absolution
transformative
ocular freedom.
[2]
Religious hypocrisy
in the tumultuous reach
of human existence
whispers the brutish spell of
idolization upon the altar
of alternative structures
that give voice to the incense
caught amidst torrid fumes
that refuse to negotiate
with the reality of reason.
Expiration
days that drown in the
bellicosity of blood that curdles
upon hands that reach.
[END]
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