Teetering on the edge of a precipice
prefaced by an ominous gaggle
of creaking timbers and the wafting
of rot from such great lows
The scene was drab and dark and typical
Nothing mystical or mysterious
about the drizzle or the salty spray
from a far off dark sea
The gulls gathered garishly
hungry with white plumage
that seemed unapologetic to the
plight of those still standing atop the heap
Iron tickled at their nostrils
while bits of gore fell from great heights
as the sea birds did their best
to clean up the rotting flesh
But the onlookers still gathered
placing pressure on the rest
to take the leap
into the heap
below
Where the wind would no longer blow
and the decomposers triumphed
under victory over humanity's last breath
While wanderers wondered what came first,
the eggs all cracked under the pressure
and the violence
and the rage
and the bitter anger won the day
while death laughed at gender
and gorged itself on equality
giving the ultimate soliloquy
on peaceful serenity
Flowers and honeysuckle
grew from their skulls
and their rib cages became
such beautiful lattices for the ivy
Finally!
Something good grew from humanity!
Jul 6, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 at 4:20 AM UTC
Teetering on the edge of a precipice
prefaced by an ominous gaggle
of creaking timbers and the wafting
of rot from such great lows
The scene was drab and dark and typical
Nothing mystical or mysterious
about the drizzle or the salty spray
from a far off dark sea
The gulls gathered garishly
hungry with white plumage
that seemed unapologetic to the
plight of those still standing atop the heap
Iron tickled at their nostrils
while bits of gore fell from great heights
as the sea birds did their best
to clean up the rotting flesh
But the onlookers still gathered
placing pressure on the rest
to take the leap
into the heap
below
Where the wind would no longer blow
and the decomposers triumphed
under victory over humanity's last breath
While wanderers wondered what came first,
the eggs all cracked under the pressure
and the violence
and the rage
and the bitter anger won the day
while death laughed at gender
and gorged itself on equality
giving the ultimate soliloquy
on peaceful serenity
Flowers and honeysuckle
grew from their skulls
and their rib cages became
such beautiful lattices for the ivy
Finally!
Something good grew from humanity!
