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"The Precipice" In the Autumn she wore a wedding veil A cold winter would lift it Kiss her lips passionately to speak words of LOVE on a late roll call “Well, that’s insanity for you” some snakes would hiss others rapture-faced on bent knees plastered her walls with their revelation graffiti bible passages from well read and torn pages about this, this, this and that swirling immature brandy around in their black rimmed balloon glasses they trilled and quibbled like sparrows and bad poets do hypocrites with their oaths and swollen egos chewing their fats “What would you know with your safe words?” trial and error tasting testing the boundaries of tired laureates and other demons you’re just in it for mud slinging and giggles While some wrote of lack lustre romance seriousness stepped in and considered the burnings and the slow hellish journeys of others No Salem Witches but trials nevertheless criminals and families Just an ordinary day gone to Hell too much time on their hands you can tell Some looking towards Qibla Others turned towards the clouds Many towards glowing screens where they fall into dark tunnels the holes peeling layers from glass onions the walls to hide behind and watch others bleed their marching feet as they make their day industrious not free In the evening over a dinner and tv the vision of thirteen stories high Red Hell dust storms prophetically turning day into night blowing in with hell-bent hunger to eat all the sleeping towns Some speak in tongues they say what comes to mind automatic writ Le grand folle near or miss 'tis all part of The Signs Magik rears its ugly head Zozo Stands firm and spits Crowley 666 Divinity with match sticks struck to blessed black requiem candles a Mass that lights a fire to open eyes ointment beatified and spread with the softly spoken prayers of unsure scryers pressing holy Jesus fingers through gormless foreheads anointing closed eyelids unbelieving this is IT Humans all naive in the grand mix holy water shot from a fire hose dark alcohol rubbed into numb hearts salt into the wounds of precious where-art-thous? nobody really cares or knows "Is anyone listening?", the joker says What foul business is this? Revelations evolving unfolding or just a bad dream when you go to sleep lost in the dimensions of another transit Everyone is sleeping dreams open in minds we all meet in our dreams standing on the edge barrel of the gun Russian Roulette a hidden game at the back of our heads Some then choose to Genuflect A last attempt 1 minute before midnight Before the plunge to the next eclipse Looking for the sign that reads, "EXIT" Standing Waiting with all the naive lost Romantics Toes gripping tight to the edge no ropes held or bound some hold crucifixes others laugh transfixed Standing Waiting with all the naive lost Romantics On the Precipice (LadyLabyrinth/2020) "Presence of God" / Dave Gahan https://youtu.be/ZCROU-k6XxE “Unbelievable Events You Can Never Unsee...” https://youtu.be/47lJxO1SIjY https://youtu.be/Esz6ne9x9yM https://youtu.be/39iG1tYO0NU Unexplained: https://youtu.be/NIiNZetfyoI https://youtu.be/bhC7QXqJPjo https://youtu.be/z4bwjRN0kx8 https://youtu.be/z6Vgw2LBRjU https://youtu.be/VP5ZnQMEiK0 https://youtu.be/HXgNwZwyvvI https://youtu.be/XGHpP9jMtKw https://youtu.be/JoddajDMjUo https://youtu.be/bWKSSeCcP2o https://youtu.be/3VG_AxTA9lU Turkey 2007, 2008, 2009 https://youtu.be/imwqRPr83is https://youtu.be/8ku4lWqeFiM https://youtu.be/BFuivergbXA Ariel School, Zimbabwe Africa, 1994 https://youtu.be/eBqKJHSrYZg Ariel School, Africa / John Mack (Child Psychiatrist) 1994 https://youtu.be/wSsyi6QQyT4 Westall School, Melbourne, 1966 Australia https://youtu.be/Xf5g-N4i7Xw Puerto Rico, 1988 https://youtu.be/_qmBrUoZS0E Experiencers / John Mack (Psychiatrist) https://youtu.be/XxQNTaHKdEs U.S. Navy https://youtu.be/2F_EF8kcEKw https://youtu.be/HZeAYsz7rvw https://youtu.be/-2b4qSoMnKE U.S. Spaceforce https://youtu.be/T5MTfRVvnJw Ambassador https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/world/09nations.html The Church https://youtu.be/SN10ORNrMPw https://youtu.be/OpD-c5iCC3k Reagan https://youtu.be/MAAHgAuti84 Hawking https://youtu.be/A6HhDFskbXs
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