they’ve adjoining rooms but death rarely speaks loudly listening to life make afterlife promises to those stranded in its room death dazed in amazement smiles
pile up the bodies on the steps of supreme court let the stench of death fill their judicial chambers so they may recall mothers whose blood is now on their hands
no winning numbers
but go ahead and place a bet
every now and then
the house casts out some cash chum
to lure and trap target fish
hooking minds on fantasy
watching death arrive he sat motionless and cried unable to help or comfort his friend’s journey into the unknown darkness the friend’s last words be at peace
let me get this straight you’re voting for grave robbers those stealing pennies from eyes of mass grave victims and would rob a dying man my warning don’t close your eyes
those words left unsaid surface when the mind’s quiet like low ebb reef plants that cling to the rocky shore vanishing with rising tides endlessly reappearing
after being robbed a fool was asked by a man on the street for alms his empty purse was given turns out the man was the thief purse sold for a fine profit
nothing you did kid
from the beginning the game
used loaded white dice
so you were destined to lose
just take it as it was meant
take it damn personally
such small devilish things like ticks on a camel’s back clinging and swinging no matter where i might go there’s what-to-do reminders and i swear they’ve been breeding
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