Poets of convenience
reality to sway
A stain that lasts forever
excuses not parlayed
“Thou Shalt Not Kill” long spoken
ancient law upon the land
Religious, secular, or more’ bound
the truth has one command
A billion screaming babies
by curettes scraped away
As smug self-righteous killers
demand to have their way
The pathway to eternity
lined with voices put to death
“Thou Shalt Not Kill” their epitaph
—damning your last breath
(St. Josephs University: September, 1972)
Categories:
curettes, abortion, poets,
Form: Rhyme
The wind hell-thy lone dwell,
Raid lost villain and grit rivals’ heart,
Tries are it, of hurt you! . . .
More, you known by where stay
Out of the site
You known —also where
By giver captive
Of entirely your soul to has a leash
In mount salve thy prisoner
Heart, and bliss —me
The site of you stays
Reek. Grin, am at your curettes!
Categories:
curettes, faith, hope, life, peace,
Form: Light Verse