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what curse

laid down

By susan marie loehePublished 5 years ago 1 min read

with that burning skin

what curse laid down

with howling screams

what spells cast

human sacrifice is a powerful thing

just ask Jesus

mingled in the smoke rising

Lollards or witches

it makes no difference

Y'all did yourself in with the

bone melting staged

spectacles of fear

babes a birthing into the flames

ooh double jeopardy

their Mothers tied to the stake

skin dripping into sigils that

outline your hateful fate

written into the pyre

the future of some unkind mankind

ran bloody into the earth and burning

They took the immediate gratification option

we hope it's been worth it, truly

to shoot your whole wad like that

weak perverts all

but like any fast money

easy come easy go

we ran the right game you see

letting your suspicion of trickery

as your biggest paranoid justification

turn out to be an impotent pisshard

live and learn by your own hand

so now it's come to fruition

and you're left here

lost and losing for long lifetimes

take heart, it was well earned

we all have our own row to hoe

yours is to beg forgiveness

good luck with that

surreal poetry

About the Creator

susan marie loehe

everything is Art, Art is Everything.

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