The Gun Carriage

Having engaged in unlawful
Sexual intercourse
The hunter inflicted suffering
Upon my dissent.
Trained for rapid eye movement
He showcased with a violent temper
And in conversation
How it was for the purpose
Of my moral improvement
That in his chasuble
He designed to subdue me.
What an obscenity
To doubt the machinery
By which my chastity
Supports my collected bodies!
The gun carriage moved
Backwards and forwards.
The old world thrushes
chatted in "la Casula".
His discipline hastened
A yawning fissure.
The gorge that would
Breach the structure 
Of our relations
With divergent opinions.
The chaser chassed in
Cheap chauvinism.
The change in this
Chattel's luster
Could be seen in a
Chatelaine's cat's eyes.
Apocopated celebrants
Gathered for the sacrifice
I could tell by the
Marked interruptions
Gapping the framework
Of our forlorn continuity.
It scared me so
That I was not trusted
To trust myself
Or my resultant suffix.
Castitas, intercourse
Or crying became informal.
I longed for the days
Before the chasm
When secured
In composed type
We were the receiving set
Of a mounting foundation.
Now an uninformed attendant,
A collection of various sections
I indulge in mild beverage
And still find no quenching
The deep cleft of my harmed surface.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Evans Avatar
December 2, 2017 at 6:46 PM
This is a very strong example of figurative language. The line "What an obscenity, to doubt the machinery, by which my chastity, supports my collected bodies" is intriguing.
Reese Avatar
February 1, 2018 at 7:02 AM
Thank you for reading my poem and your supportive comment.
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November 21, 2017 at 8:11 AM
Dam.. now this is an excellent poem..
Reese Avatar
February 1, 2018 at 7:04 AM
Thank you for that. Coming from you - it means a lot.
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