Undressed
at first she did not want to attend the party
was not in the bright mood for heavenly guise
she was an honest soul and did not like masks
fancy dress nonsense and the theme was Tarot
she did not like Empresses with false garments
felt like a Hermit hung from within a dark Tower
how devious it would be if she dressed up as Sun
sunstroke sunburn scorched skin desiccated cover
blisters third degree burns and no ointment in sight
blinded by darkness in an irony of a dark deprivation
she waited until the clock struck midnight
went naked to offer her scars to the Fool
unveiled her tattoos for everyone to see
she would sit in a hidden corner for comfort
tranquil from psychotropic self-medication
overdosed on delusion of dying contempt
eclipsed by sorrow she would be her own funeral wake
he had wanted to stay home just the same
imbibe on lost pleasure and obvious gloom
enlightened by apocalyptic celestial doom
the meaning of life what a charade of the Devil
Death camouflaged as Justice on a broken scale
sycophantic Hierophant bewitched by false promise
how false if he joined the masquerade as the Moon
moon-blind moonstruck rays like suicidal incisions
craters deep as an empty vessel sunk by the sea
finger on trigger in a Chariot on cemetery grounds
he would expose himself without any outfit
a customized non entity bared of any costumes
sip a bit of moonshine and turn a blind eye
he took a few pills as a token of sanity
braced for cataclysmic abandonment
would sit under cover of farcical front
as personified eulogy and sacred sacrificial offering
they were both watching their own stagnant procession
and yet just one un-orchestrated glance broke the spell
beauty escaped from two shells of mysterious shadows
and the Sun asked the Moon for a slow dance and kiss
bound together by a glimpse of loneliness and passion
they awoke not quite fully clothed for breakfast at dawn
25th May 2020
Copyright © Kai Michael Neumann | Year Posted 2020
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