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Malevolent Mental Maelstrom

inside me cranium 
toady, an amphibious December 19th   
twenty twenty one sinisterly drum
intonating forty five orbitz one bum
graduated as hard school  of knocks alum. 

Fiendish and gruesome phantasmagoric denizens
dwell deep inside subterranean vault 
perform an evil dance
haunt psychic landscape 
with imaginary (yet realistic)
gargoyle visitations cast macabre trance
nocturnal unconscious invaders 
cavort and gallivant 
disturb quiescent sleep 
with devilish and sinister prance. 

Apparitions crept stealthily 
into peaceful slumber receptacle
repository whence illusory 
landscape of dreams
take place to rejuvenate 
exhausted body, mind and spirit triage
rent asunder blissful sleep with 
a startled fright
cold sweat drenched 
nighttime garments and bedding
teeth chattered uncontrollably
heart pounded loudly inside chest 
nightmarish phantoms wrought 
an awful ghoulish sight.

Mushroom cloud anniversary triggered 
frenzied gargantuan hallucination
seventy six plus years ago today inauguration 
into atomic age took place
one country after another sought 
to acquire demonic and destruction devices
maintain self-preservation in  
surreal atomic weapons race
impossible to escape the dark threat  
looms and threatens life on Earth
one launched missile spells extermination 
9.
across entire global space.

No escape from humankind military machines 
munitions march mean madness 
and guaranteed demise to all life
Homo Sapiens violent history of bias, 
intolerance and/or prejudice 
characterizes vicious warfare 
and chronic species strife
unaffordable legacy for future 
(and perhaps alien) archeologists,
who will sift thru civilization debris 
with delicate knife.

Artifacts buried in a heap 
of pulverized and radioactive ash
civilization monuments 
and hedonistic symbols 
gone in a blinding brilliant flash
irksome flotsam and jetsam 
spewed into outer space
alien nations light years distant 
collect miniscule bits and pieces 
offer object lesson as extinction for beings 
that become excessively brash.