DANGER: Lake Condemned

breath lake water or die walk refusing to stop or hope the backdoor's unlocked new name tag reads stuttering Popeye lightning rod chain ganged to electricity's bite kitten calendar flipping weathering the winds of Fitzgerald's nor'easter until galvanized against clouds capital brimming to strike white hot streaks charged lurking ready in shadow first scent chum proviso ad libitum picnic pomp lake plans sky fall flash winning crippling sweepstakes wafting whiff skin charred tire tread bald can't rescue holiday sans groundhog electron magnet hiding in ocean of dynamo semiconductors traverse gate toll bridge straight through quarter clink my queue unplug pressure cooker point to point last lap while on my brain drudging termites lockstep rhythm ordered to doubletime Soviet precision recurring vision Jim Jones lake frolicking berating my vacation landfill piling up stench days overflowing with pollution oil and water collide. scorched brisket feet earned

I've arrived

yeoman masquerading prosperity preacher Monsanto cell wall double helix cracked palm cotton rapeseed oil Frankenstein to Rockefeller rebrand the company standard to pennzoil stagehands manipulated 16 hour days didn't join the union half asleep and grip weak avalanche of sandbags terminal velocity unleashing what's hiding behind the money curtain exhausted bed ridden addict jim jones' tongue outgrew his mouth so swollen bacterial rapeseed infected lake placid antibiotic Meropenem

choice; circled path or standing line? what if both are lies? walk far enough every spectrum a circle water evaporates ozone recycle

I am lake once again

silent chain gang grinding rocks highest mountains chanting Lazarus eroded drowned to dust "good job, next, drudge the deepest trench" -boss raising the mountain back up again flash point low I do not dance. not a ballerina I do not serenade melodies in french walk for months to wormwood brunch absinthe thirst does not quench surviving head-on collision takes more than jack hammering thick bibles screaming at virgin Van Gogh ears "I am the best Christian!" extremity found in plaza gutter bloody banging ruptured drums noise pollution rich prospectors DNA reads quality over quantity

what if i'm the fire skinned chameleon?

crossroads at midnight trident in my sleight hand smiling mask teeth 3 times bigger than scientifically possible handing you gushing ink crimson fountain waterman scribbling I'm questioning your religion signing up to stand in line just wanna play them blues so god damn fine plans wrecked spent all currency in the form of a future wife encased granite vision the X scratched bleeding red outside my kangaroo court judge throws out debt ink spot solidifying gummy turn to walk now stuck struck by something sticky organic ink to oil to tar keep struggling funny how sand in an hourglass looks dry till your inside; feet vanish to my fingertips consumed by the gooey pain worse than being eaten Chernobyl atomic nuclear poison

I'm sinking

all the tiny choices steeplechase gauntlets masked thieves hiding behind golden speech stop---force diaphragm to breathe study the features lakes are not rivers mime impersonating placid too late when ink isn't ink at the bottom Rome's 3rd legion exhausted the people's temple gauntlet come out the other side turn with pride survived now yeoman's charred black feet I grind know i'm being kind when minds I unwind executioner and axe now dust paying back tax free exemptions as fines you got no choice I am trust huddled masses for $49.95 Jesus will allow heave your burden upon me from clouded ivory tower shepard the innocent only the biggest bibles thumped no fake fame pretentious games house of cards evangelical soap opera praying in full view of everybody wearing white gemmed suit bedazzled charging admission slippery slope taking advantage human condition sliding too fast to notice at the bottom sealed dungeon? pitch black I could be wasted aboard my private jet surrounded by my haram of underage hookers sex slaves bought from Jeffery Epstein flying zero light bumping into bodies blind polluted annihilated they can't see white suit shine even if they could see my silky diamond sunshine their mouths are sewn shut beside down here nobody gives a fuck prosperity preacher Jesus high fashion most endearing sleepy lullabies creep out from lake pollution pumpkin to four-in-hand reversed midnight gong tolling automatic bank teller calling in debt payable in baptism coated in victim's blood crimson red gumming your eyes blind true catechesis done within I told Jesus I am Houdini broken chains rusting on lake bottom exorcise all previous malnutrition purge and vomit until glowing born again welcome to my gauntlet before we begin Am I a hypocrite?