we hear
the
children
laughing running
while
the little girls
are
playing hopscotch
and
jumping rope
throughout
the playground
while
the
genetically engineered apes looked on
through
the
protective glass windows
on
the dark side of the moon

thus
Satan settles
the score
with
his repertoire
i
am still sure
a cold stiff dagger
driven
through
your
flesh and bone
with
equanimity

concrete highways
with
neon lights
are
the
veins and arteries
allowing motorists
to
navigate their vehicles
through
the
heart and soul of the metropolis

my body is
the
vessel
to receive
the
gifts deposited
from God
to
bring sweet harvest
to
the world
and
to nourish
the
children of God

oh, what of night
thus
a black clothe
cloaked
in
the
evil hands of
the
wicked magicians of Egypt

we
dipped our feet
into
the
babbling brooks
then
we
speak in tongues

love
expresses
her
sound
through
Corinthian bell chimes