M A S Q U E (A Non-Traditional Sonnet) Poem by Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr

Veiled to silhouette ''Itself'' 'fore God's penumbra
Cursed and cast to the black charred chaos of Hades
Arrives by sin to place Its thorned badge of rubicon
'Pon the heart-thread's of a populous lost in ersatz
All accomplished 'fore the bloody day was through
Such the statesman 'It'was.

No longer small, much larger now'It' breathes deep
In the brains and bowels of the likes of you and me
Masqued in sweet aroma, raise the cup....to the lips
To which pours 'Itself' from the lust of sordid carafs
All drunk or dead, 'fore the bloody day was through
Such fools we be.

And it is said, the hands of Evil shall be the first to rise
And it is said, these hands shall be gloved......in lambs wool.



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Frank James Ryan Jr. / FjR

Reposted... July 29th,2016