Sunday, June 18, 2006

Wakening

Wakening

The offering to the unquiet dead
Is a memory, pulled from ether,
Line and hook and reel --
The rest is just posturing,
Only art and nothing real.

Condiments scatter around as
Wards against their rising,
Whispered name, a sneeze, prayer --
The rest just numb fear;
Earth peels back its layers.

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