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    the hypocrite
the wave tumults about like the thunder
of a wrathful tempest of the spirit
ascending as the great beast of the human fire
to fuel the yearning, and the aspiring, and the burning
only to plummet from the sky on the wings of icarus
a lone comet of desire
and its grand sons and daughters shall flee
to the calls of a new creed...
without brand names and sleeping times
nor false modesty and heinous crimes
and the gods shall rest from irreverence and mock piety
from the cruel and the american
and the gods shall rust,
rust from ill-use, and corrode, melting away...
into the veins of dead presidents.
while, harbingers of the era shall be holy unto themselves
monks garbed in jeans and black-hooded sweatshirts
tasting the toes of prostitutes
and from whence it came the conflagration shall be quenched
by arid winds and dry breaths
that dissolve the smoky quartz veil
from hearts, form souls
from Passion.

© BarrEnSoul, 1999


the maddenings

its ascending and festering
inundating me with the nothing
my heart is thrumming with the waves
each raging storm pulls the next
intensifying,
the power of the ant
preparing to let loose,
in a funnel of fury
i've ravaged my mother's breast
laid waste to a priest's pride
but i'm still reeling in a dance with my shadow
so, have my horse dressed
and my helm gleamed
and tell my love i'm gone to battle the sea
and all else that refuses to rest
and order her to hold my mind
for she stole my soul
just hold it,
as i indulge my insanity
and frolic in the forest of bisclaravet.
i'll be civilized soon
with all that droll and all that vanity
for now i will hunt and howl, and kill the moon...
its pale, smoky stare
and let them die nervous under my cackling leer.

© BarrEnSoul, 1999


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