Animatronics 101 Poem by Hyperion Cartel

Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
To know the next line
Was never a ‘must’
Faith is the answer
That we learn never fails
So it says in the bible
And in most fairytales.
Faith conquers fear
Stirred so long ago
By dangerous creatures
That we probably all know
But those winged creatures
Cannot harm you of course
Your faith will ride up soon
Astride a white horse.
Ashes to Ashes
Lies to lies
You know that childhood fear
Never really dies?
Fairytales burn out
With childhood trust
But the fear of the dragon
Just gathers dust.
Now discontent winter smog
Smothers the land
Nuclear physicists and junkies
Strut hand-in-hand, and
Poisonous dust thrashes madly
Lifelike it seems
Churned by the tailwinds
Of shattered dreams.
Ashes to Ashes
The soot falls away
Along with fairy books
They lie in decay
Flexing its mutated muscles
Beneath a Neon Sun
Looms a winged monstrosity;
Darkness has begun.
Ashes to ashes
And justice to dust
The Old Goat is horny
And I’m his bloodlust
Atoms to atoms
Nuke victims wreak death
I can smell blood-sport victims
Fresh on his breath.
Hoof-beats in his stomach
My faith is long dead
It belches once, twice, and vomits up
The white horse’s head
Regurgitated wings and
White flesh lay scattered
Along with a prince’s crown
And whatever else mattered.
Ashes to Woodwork
They slither back to dirt
Burn victims live on
And survivors stay hurt
Ashes to Ashes
I’m just toxic waste
Allergic to lifeblood’s
Sick metallic aftertaste.
My Paper Fairytales are
Just simply debris
My blood test comes up positive;
Happy endings are no guarantee
Atoms to Ashes
They scatter, not burn
Faith sticks her head back in the dust
And I’ve nothing more to learn.