Free verse № 75292
Memoirs of a Monk II - Sacred Witness
Break bread of broken tablet
then sprinkle dust from the timeworn trunk
into my last glass of wine.
Loud nothings won't drift
since my mouth is shut-
golden words lost its luster.
A heedless monk tends
to his morning hangover-
letting liquor drip from
the divine tap.
Meaning has become liquescent-
its secrets drain into the gutter.
Some still lead the occult worship,
their voices only whispers, a riddle
which no longer has an answer.
My companion has sacrificed
pages from the good book,
to roll our herbal medication-
cures the headache.
The whores mirror reflects nothing-
we were deluded into thinking we had a face-
used its broken glass to pluck
our non compos mentis eye
from its socket.
It exists now as an olive,
in my martini glass- grapes eaten
lambs blood depleted- we now toast
the miserable end of salvation, amen.
Have we become piteous punks?
No, just silent observers;
a witness to moments repeated.
13 comments
I like this - I would like it more without the half sentence after the last comma. -8-
well.. half sentences.. fuck, sometimes i got so much to say, that punctuation becomes an itch.
suggestion? because i hate toying with punctuation when im already slightly handicapped in that department.
"just silent observers;
a witness [of] moments repeated"
Accepted! >hands you a spare titanium quill<
Im a starving poet, and the cat stole my silver- i snatched the titanium from NASA, neato right? I think so anyway.
Glad you liked the delta - some folks round these parts don't take kindly to semicolons though, so - watch yer back...
but memory forgets its available at times.. but theres always a way- somehow, someday.
now is this about "Piteous punks have we become?"
"have we become piteous punks"... choices.. choices..
I'll go againt my gut instinct for once, and toss the yoddle..
lines written red,
wine of purple grape,
mouth agape in
occult worship and
uttering the wise words
of loud nothings.
^^ first stanza of the first memoir. quite a difference isnt it? lol.
glad to help though.
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