No Longer a Covenant
It was as if constrictive vigilance
And tactical resplendent barbarism
Could transform monumental avarice
And endemic ruthless kindness
Into something wholesome, glorious
But this was clearly not to be
Neither capricious nobility
Nor veiled brutish fondness
Or kindred perverse piety
Could assuage sweet betrayal
Or hide the melodious wailing
Of the victims of amiable cruelty
Those scenes of obscene righteousness
Exaltation of attractive mischief
That immersion into irreverent bliss
Supplanted murderous heroism
With derelict wholeness
Honour no longer a covenant
Ignoble modesty courted cordial vulgarity
Pitting youthful decrepitude
And such evil delight as then reigned
Against perceived intellectual torment
Erecting a pseudo-mystic reef barrier
To counter intellectual penetration!
Copyright © Gerald Kithinji | Year Posted 2013
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