*your words are like soft pattering rain
falling upon multiple consciences
on the day after nasty weather
and the predicted heat wave
your words drip from invisible funnels
and sweeten the air that we breathe
verily verily you're the voice of doom
lulling our beings into a deep slumber
there will be pangs and passions galore
in this world of moneyed automatons
who smack their pale but avaricious lips
that spew stale drivel from dead hearts
lo and behold the bell tolls indeed
and we stagger forth in compliant unison
and wait for the confessions of the age
words about how we slid into turmoil
swallowed in an abyss of sticky froth in bubbles
and a cacophony of dismal largo choruses
that say it's time for another thorough round-up
as the skies darken and the rain comes down in sheets
forever a curse and a blessing unavoidably certain
so friend and brother from another place and another time
let's do this thing together and crush this flea that won't flee
generous givers are beckoning frantically from the horizon*
Mar 31, 2016
Mar 31, 2016 at 4:32 PM UTC
*your words are like soft pattering rain
falling upon multiple consciences
on the day after nasty weather
and the predicted heat wave
your words drip from invisible funnels
and sweeten the air that we breathe
verily verily you're the voice of doom
lulling our beings into a deep slumber
there will be pangs and passions galore
in this world of moneyed automatons
who smack their pale but avaricious lips
that spew stale drivel from dead hearts
lo and behold the bell tolls indeed
and we stagger forth in compliant unison
and wait for the confessions of the age
words about how we slid into turmoil
swallowed in an abyss of sticky froth in bubbles
and a cacophony of dismal largo choruses
that say it's time for another thorough round-up
as the skies darken and the rain comes down in sheets
forever a curse and a blessing unavoidably certain
so friend and brother from another place and another time
let's do this thing together and crush this flea that won't flee
generous givers are beckoning frantically from the horizon*
