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Before the calm.    (  collaboration with Jack Heslop )

Boil the blood, then drain the heart :  
a sense of mist  
a profanity hissed  
a witch's brew to be dismissed  
 
by all who'd loathe to tear apart...  
a fair foul with fair force    
 
 [ you pluck the knife  
   slit the scar    
  add a splash of vinegar ]  
   
 
2.  
 
We climbed the fabled steps  
and found nothing.  
no gods, no men, just an old  
and empty room. all too soon  
those simple cries of agony  
became howls of rage;  
betrayed by hate  
 
we found the streets again  
saw the gutted cars  
vacant urban forts anew  
the bloody bone and torn sinew.  
 
3.  
 
we watched the sun  
fall behind the ragged skyline  
then bleedout  
 
held our breath  
time after time, and listened  
for someone, anyone  
alive enough  
to stab the silence



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Written by lepperochan (Craic-Dealer)
Published | Edited 24th Aug 2017
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