Mercury Marks
(in the distance a bell rings)
The action steps for escaping
quicksand and tar pits
differ from the steps for escaping
black holes and run-a-way trains.
( a bell rings)
neither code will work when trapped
within uncharted territories
legend written in consideration’s script
coded with lovingly respectful symbols
designed to bind without cutting what is tender.
( a bell rings)
Thumb prints are required to breach
rampart walls built long-ago for siege
parapets protect weakened entry points
stated intentions the favored coin.
(a bell rings)
Appropriated cultures build bridges
overcome by conquest, the freshly humbled
bring water to the keepers, grateful for the job
The old masters whip horses
(a bell rings)
Banners fly, snapping in crisp headwinds
freshly dyed images sharp against gray skies
obscuring patch work repairs made by
drunken watchmen resentful of the work.
(a bell rings)
Pick-pockets glad hand the crowd as
battle-weary guard look on, indifferently
sniffing shadows for echoes of hollow sentiment
delicate promises etched on beaten parchments.
(a bell rings)
Beautifully, carefully crafted tombs, hide
naked bards whose dissonance waves
sell tired fictions again and again
unprintable declarations become fearful controls.
(a bell rings)
If allowed inside the heavily guarded gate
gilded tongues will take painless, greedy bites
delivering slow moving poison to every heart shaped well.
(a bell rings)
Breaching advanced information systems create
self-loathing resentments that dissipate
titanium tinted dream worlds with
passively uninspired universal solvents.
(a bell rings)
Dripping, neglectfully, from steam bent barrels,
embossed Mercury scarring cold wax,
ancient makers mark of the house forever-more.
(a bell rings)
High above man-made gates, on the hill
delicate church bells start to ring,
undeniably accepting the final surrender,
to the knowing, of what this all means.
(a bell rings)
HA! 2016
Thank you for being here today. Love always, HA! <3
