The dawn is breaking Bones on its back, The opposite of odes, A reversal of a truth We thought we once knew, Which we were taught was true.
We cannot feed this whole army. Not on a diet of skin and bone, Of ash clinging to the bronchioles And bullets plucked like Pomegranate seeds from our skin. The perimeter insecure.
We **** Papa, maim Mama, When we strike out the son, And not so much As a thank you m’am, A tip of the hat towards The floor where we Kicked our own faces in.
We’re turning this wheel in a frenzy, So much fury at the sound Of a full revolution, Whirling dervish With time sewn in the hem So we’re right back where we started again.
And for what? To pay a debt So in the black We bleed red to cover the ink, And whitewash over the stain?
The cost is just too costly, We've penny pinched the flesh To make it count.