The Precipice
"The Precipice"
In the Autumn
she wore a wedding veil
A cold winter would lift it
Kiss her lips passionately to
speak words of
LOVE
on a
late roll call
“Well, that’s insanity for you”
some snakes would hiss
others rapture-faced
on bent knees
plastered her walls
with their
revelation graffiti
bible passages
from well read and torn pages
about this, this, this and that
swirling immature brandy
around in their black rimmed
balloon glasses
they trilled and quibbled
like sparrows and bad poets do
hypocrites with their oaths
and swollen egos
chewing their fats
“What would you know with your safe words?”
trial and error tasting
testing the boundaries
of tired laureates
and other demons
you’re just in it for
mud slinging and giggles
While some wrote of lack lustre romance
seriousness stepped in
and considered
the burnings
and the slow hellish journeys
of others
No Salem Witches
but trials nevertheless
criminals and families
Just an ordinary day
gone to Hell
too much time on their hands
you can tell
Some looking towards Qibla
Others turned towards the clouds
Many towards glowing screens where
they fall into dark tunnels
the holes peeling layers
from glass onions the
walls to hide behind
and watch others bleed
their marching feet
as they make their day
industrious not free
In the evening
over a dinner and tv
the vision of
thirteen stories high
Red Hell dust storms
prophetically turning
day into night
blowing in with hell-bent hunger
to eat all the sleeping towns
Some speak in tongues
they say what comes to mind
automatic writ
Le grand folle
near or miss
'tis all part of
The Signs
Magik rears its ugly head
Zozo
Stands firm and spits
Crowley
666
Divinity with match sticks struck
to blessed black requiem candles
a Mass
that lights a fire
to open eyes
ointment beatified and spread
with the softly spoken prayers
of unsure scryers pressing
holy Jesus fingers through
gormless foreheads
anointing closed eyelids
unbelieving this is
IT
Humans
all naive
in the grand mix
holy water shot
from a fire hose
dark alcohol
rubbed into
numb hearts
salt into the wounds
of precious where-art-thous?
nobody really cares or knows
"Is anyone listening?", the joker says
What foul business is this?
Revelations evolving
unfolding
or
just a bad dream
when you go to sleep
lost in the
dimensions
of another transit
Everyone is sleeping
dreams open in minds
we all meet in our dreams
standing on the
edge
barrel of the gun
Russian Roulette
a hidden game
at the back of our heads
Some then choose to
Genuflect
A last attempt
1 minute before midnight
Before the plunge
to
the next
eclipse
Looking for the sign
that reads,
"EXIT"
Standing
Waiting
with all the naive
lost Romantics
Toes gripping tight
to the edge
no ropes held or bound
some hold crucifixes
others laugh transfixed
Standing
Waiting
with all the naive
lost Romantics
On the Precipice
(LadyLabyrinth/2020)
"Presence of God" / Dave Gahan
https://youtu.be/ZCROU-k6XxE
“Unbelievable Events You Can Never Unsee...”
https://youtu.be/47lJxO1SIjY
https://youtu.be/Esz6ne9x9yM
https://youtu.be/39iG1tYO0NU
Unexplained:
https://youtu.be/NIiNZetfyoI
https://youtu.be/bhC7QXqJPjo
https://youtu.be/z4bwjRN0kx8
https://youtu.be/z6Vgw2LBRjU
https://youtu.be/VP5ZnQMEiK0
https://youtu.be/HXgNwZwyvvI
https://youtu.be/XGHpP9jMtKw
https://youtu.be/JoddajDMjUo
https://youtu.be/bWKSSeCcP2o
https://youtu.be/3VG_AxTA9lU
Turkey 2007, 2008, 2009
https://youtu.be/imwqRPr83is
https://youtu.be/8ku4lWqeFiM
https://youtu.be/BFuivergbXA
Ariel School, Zimbabwe Africa, 1994
https://youtu.be/eBqKJHSrYZg
Ariel School, Africa / John Mack (Child Psychiatrist) 1994
https://youtu.be/wSsyi6QQyT4
Westall School, Melbourne, 1966 Australia
https://youtu.be/Xf5g-N4i7Xw
Puerto Rico, 1988
https://youtu.be/_qmBrUoZS0E
Experiencers / John Mack (Psychiatrist)
https://youtu.be/XxQNTaHKdEs
U.S. Navy
https://youtu.be/2F_EF8kcEKw
https://youtu.be/HZeAYsz7rvw
https://youtu.be/-2b4qSoMnKE
U.S. Spaceforce
https://youtu.be/T5MTfRVvnJw
Ambassador
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/world/09nations.html
The Church
https://youtu.be/SN10ORNrMPw
https://youtu.be/OpD-c5iCC3k
Reagan
https://youtu.be/MAAHgAuti84
Hawking
https://youtu.be/A6HhDFskbXs
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