Hole In the Side Pocket
A shiny penny fell to the ground,
and the face of Caesar
started spinning
ear candy propaganda around
Sparkling tales
of a former, dark ale kingdom
Oar barrel sales
that spread liquor violence
under a rising Western horizon
The little copper-voice image said:
“Mankind emerged from the Dark Ages,
when us abominable Yeti men
stole the fire that fell from the sky ...
And lit those caves in ice-melting stages —
Our wholly brimstone aim
was to rewrite the Word of God pages”
His cloned Caligula tone cackled on:
“From the ancient prow to the modern rocket;
we’ve woven tavern tall tales,
and tailored mariner lies
to fit inside a used merchandise cranial pocket”
Then with rusty, rhetoric rumbles of pale reprobate regret,
the talking penny bazaar head
stopped spinning, and fell flat dead
And in the miry sinking place where his peppery mint scent lay,
a Messiah message was salt written in the wet parchment clay:
The black orb
sucking light down
into the polar mouth socket
Is a doubled over Fourth kingdom,
failed coup of a Davy locket
Silver urn buried ashes on the Adam backside
of a naked Eve courtroom docket
Sin bilked holes that are trick stick dug ...
bank shot in an empty side pocket
Look for the firmament cue:
Metallic tales
of a future dark L kingdom
Oak casket sales ...
trafficking in graven idol violence
under a fading Western sun
Penny wise Lucifer ...
pyramid scheme falling
The prince of darkness rolling
the solid white lie —
His hard spherical,
lip-smacking skullduggery cry:
Telling the sin striped clay balls
that they won’t die
The black orb
sucking souls down
into the Magog mouth socket
Is a doubled over Fourth kingdom,
which failed to harm
a single Lamb of God locket
Beware, covetous ones —
Don’t fall into the bottomless hole
of Satan’s dark side pocket!
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2018
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