Poem-Wait

                                                                    



I.
Raven fisted angels stalk the
Glowing heights of morning
Played-out and sore they drag dawn
Through their crags of ancient teeth
The spell of cold Andromeda
Slides slowly out beyond them
Dancing in the violence that
Churns on down below

The texture of resentment
Lies and grates and cuts and twists
Lost and long in a warping song
While a new steel fate draws down
And hate awaits through jaundiced gates
To scrape along like order
Waiting in the shadows to
Swallow whole narcotic joy

Plead for wisdom on the alter of obsession
The dark wine of Sangsara bleeds out
Through blackened hearts


II.
Who cares about tomorrow now?
Who cares about dimes dropping
Endlessly into oblivion
About wives left alone to contemplate
Absolution
Pondering Eden in the wake of fresh
Skulls set out to dry

The sun sets on beggars and fools
Falling away to sweaty nights of
Sleepless indifference
Providence a jewel cast out
In a stunning case of hope
Purloined by the sciences of media
And the where withal of strangers
Sweating bullets of cold addiction
While creeping death now comes
To call

Wake up my darling Valentine
Wake up my dear and run
Conformity can no longer be neglected
We need bread to get us by
The future of history hangs in the balance
No small child falls along unscathed
When progress rushes forth

Let the dreamers dream
Let the poets sleep
Let the piper take a breath
Let the music flow to grow in the
Silent spaces between the notes
Satisfaction unfolds now with un-sequenced
Young abandon
Fading in to focus when we take the time
To Wait