Ein Reich Ein Volk
they snorted and toiled
the sound of swords being hammered
the vanquished lay screaming
a tale of rank deception
with a maniac for the wind
and damnation in the boilers
trailing smoke and scrap metal
basically they peel your skin off
and noisily eat your liver
while you grok the new data
his prayer was bless the quiet night
but the soldiers liked their slops
it was an idiot army always hungry
the finest BBQ caterers
a government contract could provide
but got blasted through the shower stalls
by the Bureau of Infinite Statistics
the past is never the way
the demon gods and goddesses
of ignorance and superstition
don't want to be in the modern world anyhow
which God take your pick
if religion is a form of rot
what disinfectant should we apply
what brand of antifreeze
mano a mano went the money
we squander ourselves
at the jungle meat tournament
it was MardI Gras
and goblins were in the woods
at the stadium dome-o-plex
the howling hooligans lusted for blood
and they by jiminy got it
you don't shed time like a skin
the 300 decapitated that preceded me
were prone to outbursts of dire warning
its more than a game for compulsives
they play Russian roulette every day
the best of them last 5 days
resurrection is just around the corner
stoic echoic prosaic Prozac
before the world nothing
before your birth nothing
the same old nothing question
the audience was defiant
with hammer blows and headbutts
violin bows arced through the dawn mist
illiteracy as the team mascot
will not do in any sense
a little less self dialog
said the projectionist
hi res wifi high five
the highest resolution possible
aren't we supposed to get smarter
as fast as we can
From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon
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Copyright © Walter Alter | Year Posted 2017
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