Can you describe the cold to me Or Nothing, or the Empty? Imagine, if you will, The great beyond; Across the hills And over yon, The places you have never gone. Can you see Beyond the grave – Heaven, Hell – The Damned, the Saved? Their sunken eyes And sallow face? Souls lost in Limbo, Shadows enlaced? Would you draw A draft thereof, With likeness of The gods above? Could you ma » Continue Reading
She lay alone on the forest floor, Fetor cleansed by petrichor, Fairest skin made fairer more By crystal dew and icy hoar. Homely hair, tangled and torn With solemn face framed at the coeur Donned blood like petals for décor. Gone was all her impetus, Denied her was the will to live, From her bosom rose a crucifix – The blade, crossguard, handle, hilt That pierced her heart, now distent By rain an... » Continue Reading
I so often crave What I seek to escape, Meaningless noise And meaningful silence. I find desire In place of success, All these new toys Bring no fulfillment. We are alone, So isolated; All individual Islands; Awash in a sea Of meaningless noise And meaningful silence Sending out signals – Lost, adrift In the gale And the maelstrom Of empty enjoyment. The endless expanses Have » Continue Reading
We live in the land where Liberty died Put that on the key and print the headline. They enslave our souls for their data-mine But that data is mine! » Continue Reading
It was a warm rainy spring night. The bars on 15th Street were less busy than usual, many of them were beginning to close. The burlesques, cabarets, and clubs were busier than ever. Leela’s still buzzed with business, the smell of coffee harmonizing with the muffled music pouring into the street. A lone busker wailing on a guitar echoed down the Mall Street, a welcome rarity since the Urban ... » Continue Reading
Oh thou lord, Devour the viscera! And after thy feast Bury thy wyrm — Spit disease!— In my cadaver That foul maggots May bring flies To wreak hav » Continue Reading