That Skin Looks Burgered
Enter the crowd
spawning shapes upon the dead
A skill honed by understanding the living
a task only desired by the dregs
Mind the sirens as they sing a call
A call that was called while calling for the end of the world
Saturation through destruction
so on and not so far forth passed an intellect drawn on a caveman’s wall
The breathing here will stall
It will become tough to take in
exactly what is seen
Deep under here beneath
Seeped earth unturned for a kernel of thought
Barely tapping the surface
here for a purpose
deemed utterly worthless
Those are that thing’s eyes that judge us
they called him God once before
No one said he’d be so bright
patternless and misinformed
There were good men
who drug their brothers to the sand
there were bad men
who taught us to take a stand
to be strong
to balance the planets on an axis of hatred
tipping towards the grand
No pity from a man free of inhibitions
no apologies from the cutthroat crowd
Take the hat as the captain of awkward situations
a soaring laughter erupts from the crowd
The crowd will always give chase
a duty bestowed
a beauty-less rose
a useless pose
The crowd had a head start
The crowd takes affect
This was written ingest
The crowd now infests
The crowd always infests
Copyright © Martin Graham | Year Posted 2010
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