Day: March 14, 2019

cast light upon this chilling fear
illuminate this spreading dark
the voice of logic we long to hear
an inferno grows from but one spark

illuminate this spreading dark
the warmth of truth we need to feel
an inferno grows from but one spark
our hungry heart seeks something real

the warmth of truth we need to feel
our human spirit swells with yearning
our hungry heart seeks something real
let’s reignite the flame of learning

“This spreading winter of ignorance is more than the sane can bear”

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the restless
unsleeping souls
are conjured forth
to celebrate this night’s
rising unhallow voudon moon

spirits entrapped in darkness
possessed
writhe here entranced
in bestial
rhythmic profane dance

a demonic ritual
of ungodly fire
cast this spell
of last atonement

these lost forgotten
called this deep night
by dark houngan magic
proffered by this voodoo priest

summoned
from the place of limbo
by this fevered shaman’s will
to bear immortal witness

seeking sanctified forgiveness
eternal pardon
to be ever spared
the consuming void
of graceless oblivion

while unholy apparitions
descend wraith-like
in dreadful cluster
to horror’s hellish plane

these begging mercy
rise supplicant
from the papa loa’s
sacred 8-point flame
in merciful petition
to the vengeful one

lest this eater of the undead
set upon the dawning morrow
to steal the blessed light of hope

and hurl the innocents
into the pit of anguish

foresaken
lost forevermore

rob kistner © 2019

Poetics: Mardi Gras Mambo

DAY 13