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PenChant
a connoisseur am i of sculpted words
that heal as balm and slay as sharp, swift swords;
a penchant summon i per excellence,
that withers not in front of pestilence.
a chant have i for every kind of pain,
to cut my loss and multiply my gain;
i write the hell out of my tragedies,
(my pen conscripts plights into parodies!).
a chant have i for every kind of joy,
elation, vim, panache to re-employ
as cool oases in the desert place,
along vexed corridors of time and space.
a chant have i for every kind of ploy
with which the enemy seeks to destroy
the equilibrium of my consciousness:
my pen destroys works of unrighteousness.
a chant have i for every kind of need
of souls that hunger, thirst, and weep, and bleed:
my pen flutes psalms and lullabies and hymns
to make of dreadful themes new paradigms.
a penchant have i, fitting for the hour
death’s cemet’ry life’s carcass would devour;
a greater penchant for that Blessed Day
when Peace shall grief script out of time’s buffet.
© Copyright 2024 September 23
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
that heal as balm and slay as sharp, swift swords;
a penchant summon i per excellence,
that withers not in front of pestilence.
a chant have i for every kind of pain,
to cut my loss and multiply my gain;
i write the hell out of my tragedies,
(my pen conscripts plights into parodies!).
a chant have i for every kind of joy,
elation, vim, panache to re-employ
as cool oases in the desert place,
along vexed corridors of time and space.
a chant have i for every kind of ploy
with which the enemy seeks to destroy
the equilibrium of my consciousness:
my pen destroys works of unrighteousness.
a chant have i for every kind of need
of souls that hunger, thirst, and weep, and bleed:
my pen flutes psalms and lullabies and hymns
to make of dreadful themes new paradigms.
a penchant have i, fitting for the hour
death’s cemet’ry life’s carcass would devour;
a greater penchant for that Blessed Day
when Peace shall grief script out of time’s buffet.
© Copyright 2024 September 23
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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