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Prayers in Purgatory

muted prayers flying
 like rampant raven wings
lips flapping,faith
 that frayed and fluttering

tethered by bruised hearts
  bound with string
buried high in the sky
 deep below everything

shot down in its prime
 bloody cries ricochet
drenched in dread
 heavy,as hope pass away

diseased and soiled in stench
 acidic rot and decay
the corroded ceiling crumble
 as paint chipped walls sway

disillusion flashes
 in a haze of demented darkness
smoldering embers simmer
 ardent in bright red starkness

greed's regal feathers plume
 blood glazed and oil slick
sizzling souls seethe
 tarred and marred by pain pricks

howling like wintery winds
 whisper wailing
as infected flesh fall,
 fizzling and festering

bloated,bubbling,and boiling
 in molten angony
and dungeonous desperation
 dampen with anxiety

as walls close in
 worry traps and confine
yes, fear strangles
 claustrophobic minds

the heat chokes and burns,
 leaving ashened brains
the only ones to excape this
 are the oblivious and deranged

they have no thoughts of debt
 unemployment or gas prices
none of crime,government corruption
 or of the health care crisis

no concern for the planet
 so go ahead cut down all the trees
no worry about guns in schools
 or kids killing cause their bullied

they could care less about families
 who dont even talk anymore
in this high tech world of text and email
 simple conversation seems a chore

its enough to make one wonder
has everyone lost their righteous minds
and just who are the crazy ones
society has blurred that line

maybe insanity is a blessing
 instead a curse...
because we are living in hell
 right here on earth

**revised**
Written by poeticDesire
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