Smeared Sign

Smeared Sign Snakes’ slivering skins smothered in slimy oil of temptation Immersed inundated intrigued of intricate ill tempered shine Go forth and multiply your ferocious frolicking fortune No - Neverland promiscuous parody peruses the pear’s peril Or was it a precocious apple appeasing Adam’s adamant appetite Furnaces’ flames flow from fields of plenty in the desert of doom The ‘game’ is rigged resembling steel structures stealing resources Hallowed be thy name Lord Trinity - material riches glory and power Extract what you must muster maraude marshal the miraculous sword Time will tell unless the timid clock retreats and hands fall off in the sand In Nothing we trust but tentacles of terror and in glorious gory greed Marooned midst the Midas Touch the ‘salubrious’ sign shivers solemnly Embraces us humans in silence while the oil rigs stutter and spill Salutary messages spluttered and soiled and the snake wins once more 23rd April 2018