O, for a Sign from Above

               Midst midnight flashes
                 a poet’s pen shattered
               in the hand of him who simply muttered
                 O, for a sign from above
                 O, for a sign from above

               Creatures howled ‘bove his window sill
                  the poet clutched a box of pills
               that grew a pair of purple gills
                  O, for a sign from above
                  O, for a sign from above

                Ah, a fiberglass arrow split the air
                   Jezebel’s or Beezelbub’s he never knew
                when his hands and feet began to mew, he cried
                   O, for a sign from above
                   O, for a sign from above
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Rodrigues Avatar
July 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM
What a wonderful write! Like a refreshing psalm…speaks the ills, the longing to hear from heaven. Fave
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July 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
A psalm from gw's palm ~ Tiger Balm
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