THE DECLINE OF CIVILIZATION

The decline of civilization is
angels ejaculating their rage
over poisonous lands of
acid tears and burning breaths,
the blood soaked streets
where nuns spit upon beggars
and children eat the raw hearts
of dead parents,
and witches are burned again,
where innocence is sacrificed
in the fierce rattle of dark sunlight,
where rape is as common as firearms,
and death merely the ultimate orgasm.

Saviours pave the way to hell
and the ragged crosses
hunger for new martyrs.

October 2,/November 27, 1998