Pockets of peonies Replete with felonious undertones This music sings through space We upstage our own angels Who have fallen into place To the depths of their fate They make a soft landing Held by time's grace They repel the light's bending While biliousness bulges And consternation compels you Is it corpuscular or crepuscular Neglect that commands you To make your escape Do you select denial As a worthwhile opponent From the depths of my being To the depths of the ocean The sea floor is waiting For you to touch Her unfathomable bottom Its never easy to escape your prejudices For the shadow is ever lurking Beyond your uncertainties We are all floating On top of a volcano If it never erupts We’ll not know the difference But if it does There’s not a chance in a thousand That we’d survive long enough To heed even one of these warnings