The Maw of War Opens Signs
The maw of war opens signs
the sepulcher of promise
denotes a rose bleeding all
those who suppose in time
battle axes and saviors
bite the head of the snake
drooling gibberish of bravery
drained batteries on mobiles
an old man pants and drools
a childhood lost at sea (infernos rage in crime)
inspired by those who wish to wash you
feel the scrape of skin (calls and a bartering nun soothes)
holy mary, mother may eye
-s close the world shuts to black
clouds know rain and snow
weakness (blood-drained brain)
the secret seethes in an angels’ scream
(a breath in a dream) butterflies moths
mothers and whores invoke the power
(squeezed-heart-seconds) cringed dolls
curled in tattered repose (symphonies, politicians,
the ratio is severed the knowledge puked in dejavu’s)…
tight marionettes dance through my neck
a tornado pulls calm through my chest,
heavy, heaving, heaven, hell,
bells toll churches kick graves in
--boots thunder through hidden halls—
of wood vampires milking judgment cracked in stone…
Copyright © Alex Roth | Year Posted 2013
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