Krampus Speaks From The Great In-Between Poem by John Duffy

(A dark voice whispers)


Love and loneliness
Unspoken dreams of romance and broken hearts

Shall have no reunion
But instead

Like fettered beasts to the slaughterhouse

They will stare foolishly into the distance

As they are abandoned,
Pleading for hope and a new companion

For deaden souls deserve no salvation

Such is my curse of the Dammed

Running or walking throughout
Every living nation

Men or women
Especially at Christmas

Swimming naked in pools of hate and judgement

Shall become as one

As they hear my approaching bells

Under the gaze of my cosmic gun

Love and loneliness
Sadness and pain

Will be their everlasting daylight

In their souls window panes

My silver mistress,
Mother Moon

Will seal their fate
On the twenty-fifth

When presents are received
For the spiteful and jealous

The hateful and cruel
Who loves to deceive

You better pray to change your ways

Before Christmas Eve

Or you might get a visit from me

Even if in me,
You do not believe

(C)
Copyright John Duffy