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Once upon perdition :now a dedication:

This POTD is dedicated to Di11y Da11y 
who spoke the truth and paid the price! 

to the unheard poet 
you weren’t driven away 
you moved beyond them 
_______________________

Once upon perdition 


The apostate looked out his window,
and started to believe
As genuflecting pylons
sent ramifications through the trees
Chaos questioned reason,
hoping for a guilty plea
but the world was too far gone, 
so began the killing spree

The Crier rang his leper bell:
“Our town’s a godless apparition”
Filling hearts with envy
of a once-dreaded condition
Now the King prayed for calm,
in a pagan act of contrition
After his son died at birth,
he had proscribed all religion

Atheists came from all around,
excommunication filled the air
Roots faced horizontal,
trying to feed off despair
Anxious to leave town,
fallen gargoyles block civic square
Steeplejacks grow disoriented,
from looking up at disrepair

“That hole’s not deep enough,”
winked the jester to the knave
He could never resist a shortcut,
even digging his own grave
As the madness continued,
hermits set fire each other’s caves
Shedding light on the void,
by burning alive its willing slaves

With the apocalypse gathering pace,
populations slowly died
Some genius came forward
a real madman in disguise
Said, “We need a scapegoat—
a martyr, an ultimate sacrifice”
He was crucified for being too clever;
they much preferred no advice

And whilst writing this story,
that apparently makes no sense
the queen was in her chambers,
hanging herself from suspense
Children butcher themselves gaily,
having learned how to fence
As for putting fear of God in us, 
the wicked come crawling to repent

At last when heaven reopened,
an eclipse tried darken that day
Never to see man overcast again,
Sun went nova, boiling all life away…

By
David Kavanagh 

Copyright © David Kavanagh | Year Posted 2025

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Date: 7/25/2025 6:57:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD, David! It is very dramatic and engaging. The imagery and descriptive phrases were enticing. Enjoy your special day! A poet friend in Texas, Bill
Date: 7/25/2025 2:31:00 AM

- Congratulations on your p.o.t.d., David :) - hugs
Date: 7/24/2025 3:20:00 PM

So thrilled you dedicated the poem to Dilly, she is sorely missed. hugs jan xx
Date: 7/24/2025 2:48:00 PM

Now I’m really confused. The case of the missing comments has been solved but I still don’t know where the Pink Panther is.
Date: 7/24/2025 10:48:00 AM

David, this is pretty amazing! So worthy of a POTD. It is a mass of contradictions and reflections on the chaos of ambivalence and grief and reactions to grief. So well written, well composed! Congratulations and high fives! Blessings to you!
Date: 7/24/2025 10:40:00 AM

Hello David, Congrats for POTD! You took all those big ugly questions that are buried deep down in each of us and created your POTD. I liked that you let the poem get messy for not tidying up the horror, for following the story wherever it really wanted to go (even if that place felt like the end of everything). Let's take a few more matches and send them down the well and see what burns. Excellent Read! Summer Blessings, My Friend, Daniel
Date: 7/24/2025 10:17:00 AM

Apparition appreciation right here, I went on your chilling journey every step of the way admiring your poetic prowess. It seems life can't go forward without the scapegoat and what original phrasing...is the fencing children line, such imagination convinces me we can make changes within these prophetic tenets. We have in our hands the power to circumvent the apocalyptic conception. Congratulations on this dusky jewel as POTD! Cheers
Date: 7/24/2025 9:22:00 AM

' That hole’s not deep enough. ' Actually, it is. Seems as though many enjoy scratching around in the dirt. Proving what, exactly. Really, to those with a full understanding, the pattern is obvious. Some never learn, or they don't want to. Sad, indeed. So thought provoking, David, and I see this got Poem of the Day. My best to you. ~ Brandy
Date: 7/24/2025 8:39:00 AM

Curious write! Congrats on POTD, David!
Date: 7/24/2025 7:20:00 AM

Back with Congratulations on your  POTD win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful write/story again. Cheers for a wonderful and blessed day with your win.............
Date: 7/24/2025 6:28:00 AM

Often I miss POTD. Dear David , Glad to see your poem with POTD recognition. A very engaging poem. Congratulations! Enjoy the honor....
Date: 7/24/2025 6:11:00 AM

Hello David, congratulations on your poem winning POTD. An interesting read and a great write. Wishing you a wonderful day.
Date: 7/24/2025 5:42:00 AM

Perfectly penned David, many congrats on POTD. hugs Jan xx
Date: 7/24/2025 5:37:00 AM

Great job writing a uniquely engaging potd David! Congratulations
Date: 7/24/2025 3:43:00 AM

David, so well penned, a powerful poem. Congratulations on POTD, a well deserved honor.
Date: 7/24/2025 2:43:00 AM

returning to congratulate on your POTD designation. Your rewrite paid off! Well done, Sara
Date: 7/24/2025 2:30:00 AM

Congratulations on having received the honour for poem of the day David. It’s so hot here day after day, I feel as though I’m boiling away. A wonderful write, well done… Beryl
Date: 7/24/2025 1:50:00 AM

Congratulations on POTD, David. Great write
Date: 7/24/2025 1:38:00 AM

Thank you all very much, I will be over shortly to comment, (I’m trying to buy some time) defusing a Nova is quite tricky once it’s set in motion!
Date: 7/24/2025 1:05:00 AM

The sun rose again for you this morning on your excellently written verses, David. Comments attest to your poetic talent. Congratulations on this one being chosen as POTD. Cheers!
Date: 7/24/2025 12:52:00 AM

Man will always look for a scapegoat for mistakes he’s made, quite a dark and foreboding verse David ,when we see the riders of the apocalypse, we’ll know it’s game over. Congrats on today’s POTD honour. Greetings from the New Forest. Tom
Date: 7/24/2025 12:42:00 AM

Hi David, Raced back before the Nova detonates to offer my congratulations on your POTD honour...well deserved accolade for an outstanding example of engaging and inspired writing. I tips me hat dear friend... Paul
Date: 7/23/2025 4:01:00 PM

such imaginative words and insight. Your poem was compelling. Faving
Date: 7/23/2025 2:31:00 PM

Decent write. Always happy to help out a struggling poet
Date: 7/22/2025 4:11:00 PM

Now this is a poem of substance. You have opened the stained glass windows to reveal the horror behind...all of our own making. Such imaginative portrayals of the hells we have created, suffer in and blame some other entity for being the cause. Trust free will to contaminate the petri dish of the Grand Creator. Visionary writing David...hoping some fragments survive the nova.
Date: 7/22/2025 1:19:00 PM

My gosh, David. It's woe after woe of life in the darkness. I'm not sure who's most diabolical, the jester or the knave. A grave meant for the both of them might be a good idea. I liked these lines most... "...Roots faced horizontal, trying to feed off despair." Not sure why my mind recalled the title, 'Raisin in the Sun,' after your last lines.
Date: 7/22/2025 11:11:00 AM

I enjoyed reading your wonderful write/story. No fear with God... I have been off the computer for a few days and now way behind. Have a blessed day writing away..............

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