Dark Harvest

 

“Mushrooms 2” by Murielle

 

 

sin grows in cellars
unlit and unholy
the devil’s own
dank fetid bowels
pale mushrooms
bloom buttons
wicked spores
seeding deeds
paint their stain
upon souls weakly
stemmed without
ethical means
to resist their
dark harvest

 

(originally posted January 2014)

No Bargain

 

“Mephistopheles”
By Eugene Delacroix

 

 

promises were made
inducements assured
or he wouldn’t have died
let his sacrificed soul
slip so easily into that
charred scaly pouch

so much for the contract
of blood by Theophilus
what the hell has this
damned old world come to
when you can’t even trust
in a deal with the devil

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“I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.” – Camille Claudel

 

 

From my book Onionskin

Do the Right Thing

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devil or angel
each voice in my ear
how to judge
unaccustomed advice

both messengers
carry a deity’s
answer to prayer
one has virtue
the other pretends
one is blessed
the other condemned

fingers crossed
have no power
the coin toss
no true guarantee

all I know to be
mortally certain
is I must take
action immediately
in the now of the end
I’ve no choice but
to follow my heart

as I’ve done
through my life
with no voice in my ear
save the human ones
memories spoken
by actions of those
whom I’ve loved