Poor Sap

A hungry beast edges,
coming for you, sent by a
shining, busy man;
you can do nothing.

The dingy spit spills
from claws that look like 
spinning sawblade dinner plates.
An oven belly smolders so brightly
for your flesh.

Truly, I am sorry...

But your druid spirit will be shredded,
sacrificed to Frankenstein,
and machined nonchalantly.

Come now, there's no fruit in struggling;
their smoking fires are funeral pyres for the
dead 
god
of 
nature

I can see it in your face.

Please, poor sap,
you are trapped.
The sad truth is 
you'll never know 
why fall leaves you.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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