Hanged Man, Death & The Devil

Preface
 
Without sound
She went quickly about
Smudging stick  
Intuitive cleansing
wisdom of sages around
 
Introduction
 
I stepped in her tent
And she bid me take seat
Workshopping tarot cards
Spreading out the universe
With her fingertips
On this day that  
Card to power did meet
 
instructing one, two and three
and these did I choose
them in turn about-faced
then her archetype smile  
went without a trace
 
quickly respread
but not with her legs
and nothing was said
and bid choosing of  
four, five and six
 
picked up I from the list
but no matter how much
she replanned and resist
the spell of first three
would and could not desist
 
what were these cards thrice?
not just before, now and after
there was more to this
that one could feel, sense and see
 
XII.Hanged Man (Before)
 
The card animated:
 
“...everything looks so inverted
sightseeing from Odins’  tree
if you be quiet and look ‘round
your soul will soon see
I am not here by chance
Signed up by volition
Seeker of knowledge and wisdom
By the gates of Valhalla
Highbattle transition
 
Circumnavigate circumspection
Suspended by Ygdrassil  
back to Midgaard I prevail
after nine long times
of Runic rumination,
and then screw Freja upon altar unveiled”
 
this is the first, Hanged Man
 
XIII.Death (Now)
 
the card spoke up and stated:
 
“I am not just the end
but the beginning of things
though grim-reaper I may be...
a necessary stage  
in the cyclicness of life
and a springboard into the plane  
that you cannot verily see
change is the hairpin
that I twist into your soul
unlocking the befores’ , nows’ and afters’
 
these are the seeds  
that I bury into soil
then harvest and throw into the sea
if there is change in the wind
then enter aboard
we have a hell of a long journey......
.......because that is indeed what you need”
 
this is the second, Death
 
XV-The Devil (After)
 
The card spake forth:  

“...my sister comes from the East
she might beguile you with her voice
after the beginning of endings
apocalyptic trance
she propagates the nature
of vehemencey and force
as wild as the quarters
participate in dance
 
do not fear the future
for I hold the key
pentagrammic inscriptions
inverting blind souls  
converting them to me
 
I scale down your fate
Propelling the power
Invoking great force
That you live in your dreams
They are watching you  
And they are baiting you
The witches that be
Extracting the essence  
of Supernature
From before and the now
Designing dimensions arcane
Into the universe unseen”
 
this is the third, The Devil
 
Synopsis
 
These 3 in combination
Forebodes ill for you young man
Forget the reshuffle
The future bedamned
Spread again in vain
But that is not our game
Smoothed over with ointment
The soulscars always remain
 
 
Epilogue:
 
I upshot
And out I got
My evil could not stay
Compelled by force
The arms of my dreams
Unseated by mystical course-horse