~XIV. Community of the Damned~

02/02/2012

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~soon after the turn of the century~
~Quodlibet won the Marija Cerjak award~
~for avant-garde/experimental writing~

~Quodlibet~
~The Hundred Bites~
~XIV~

 ~I got to bathe first because I was oldest~
~my brother bathed last~
~because he was second of eight~
~& loved the least~
~that old galvanized tub of water was cold~
~& dirty damned bad~
~by the time he was plunked in~
~he was never as clean as the rest of us~
~ah hell nobody knew why~
~lazy lyin’ good-for-nothin’ cuss~
~he was always punished first though~
~learned to take it standing up~
~leather whip belt on his bare bony ass~
~when he went to prison
~his training paid off~
~he knew how to survive & grow~
~in a house of hate~
~now he’s a damned good monster~
~experiential~

~XIV.  Community of the Damned~

~draw us a bath of muddy water~
~muted earth tones~
~name it life~
~stir in children’s laughter bubbles~
~a lifetime warrantee guaranteed~
~chromed steel handcuff~
~turn up the heat~
~amnesty for dead soldiers~
~a fistful of medals for families~
~who don’t give a damn anymore~
~left crying the nights~
~suffer us less~
~this cauldron steep~
~that we might achieve horizontal ascent~
~final resting place~
~become divided amongst a community of worms~
~with a sigh of relief~
~to belong at last~

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~Like A Tear~

09/29/2011

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~Like A Tear~

~face dark as silt~
  ~high water crashing~
  ~cascading down~
  ~yellow/white~
  ~red vein showing~
  ~tide rolls in smooth~
  ~liquid saline blanket~
  ~lids blink~
  ~reveal eyes of mud~
  ~a white worm crawls through~
  ~falls across the cheek~
  ~like a tear~

~thick lips grimace~
  ~create a parody of a grin~
  ~teeth whiter than white~
  ~ivory columns~
  ~part and a pink snake leaps out~
  ~seizes the falling morsel~
  ~and bears it home~
  ~like a tear~
  ~like a hostage~
  ~like a promise~
  ~protesting genesis~

~the pearl white gates fall~
  ~as the tide flows back~
  ~eyes slam shut~
  ~then open~
  ~yellow/white~
  ~vein broken~
  ~red blood drips~
  ~down an ebony cheek of sand~
  ~like a tear~
  ~like a river become man~

~lightning arcs shiver~
  ~destroy the fabric of the sky~

~an insignificant mound of sand~
  ~rises up~
  ~shouts curses unheeded~
  ~to the heavens~
  ~fear is born in the mud of its eyes~
  ~thunder breaks~
  ~the man thing falls down~
  ~it has come to pray~
  ~to be carried away~
  ~like a tear~
  ~like a promise of nations~

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WordWulf
  Inquiries: tracy@traceliteraryagency.com & wordwulf@wordwulf.com
  © artwork & words conceived by & property of 
Tom (WordWulf) Sterner ©
  ~Like A Tear was first published by Poetically Speaking~
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