surmounting demonic difficulties - the sophistry
the illusion: out of this world.
eatable, sacred crutches sustain;
feed the feeble minded brain
interchange a living misery for perpetual sorrow,
slavish castration of a human spiritual hollow.
nailed to the needle.
Play the bible backwards;
the new ending befits the
major exposé of an entirety.
on this mattress stained,
the sweat of a thousand
dead punks percolates
turmoil. (D rearranged)
in the grain of this dead wood timber frame,
the leached sanity of too many derelict converts
reverberates the shame
and the failure.
a moment of clarity
hark - the brimstone decolouration
of a nihilist lunatic emanating crepitation,
witness flame upon this convent oubliette, as
pederast priest skin, opalescent and pallid,
friar, faithless and gone,
fuses with that of the diaphanous,
cruel, forgiving Superior and
the godless fiend - all
become one;
bulldozed
debris
dust.
.
Ancient history.

So many take their views and opress or press them on others, bulldozed indeed. You really gave them a whirl, reverberating the vibrating shame.
ReplyDeleteplay the bible backwards...ha...they said it of rock n roll for years...its all dust in the end...sacred crutches sustain far too often...
ReplyDeleteyes...agree with pat and bri... was also thinking of the big turmoil about hidden anti-christ messages if you play rock songs backwards... religion never sets free..
ReplyDeleteI've explored all that playing songs backwards to reveal an anti-christ messages... It's pretty creepy bcus I actually hear that shit. weird. ANYWAYS! strong write Mr. sure to put some flames at a couple people's toes
ReplyDeleteGreat sounds in this. I especially like this pairing:
ReplyDeletenailed to the needle/ Play the bible backwards
Fierce write, man. A lot of "sad but true" in here. "nailed to the needle" and "Play the bible backwards" - fantastic lines. Great closer too.
ReplyDeleteAddicted to god, because what can get you higher than thinking you're the flaming crown of creation, able to moan out that deathbed repentance for every evil that dirty mattress has soaked up. Bonus points for crepitation and oubliette, personal favorites. Another scorching bitch of a poem, Arron..I'd type more, but it hurts.;_)
ReplyDeleteThat opening line says it all to me.
ReplyDeletehttp://lkkolp.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/dont-feed-maps-to-the-goats/
This never gets old because it's always true - what a strange paradox religion is - creating evil where none existed, frightening people who were innocent, seeking to control their minds as well as their pocket books. The Mafia didn't invent this, they just refined it into a power machine!
ReplyDeleteGripping write specially these lines:
ReplyDeletenailed to the needle.
Play the bible backwards;
the new ending befits the
major exposé of an entirety
Arron,
ReplyDeleteOubliette indeed! That's scary..."play the bible backward." Yes, suits me. But with so much invested in the ensuing editorial comment over the millenia, is that likely? One doesn't know which page to turn (forward or backward). This piece is exciting and thought provoking, as per the usual.
Steve
"Play the bible backwards;
ReplyDeletethe new ending befits the
major exposé of an entirety."
Wow, that says an awful lot, Arron.
Pamela
Finely crafted reduction Arron... the final flush.
ReplyDeleteSome well-wrought analogies playing out here..continual clutching and straws spring from my heathen lips...
Incredibly tight piece Arron. Love your choice for words, extremely strong ending, love the hark stanza. Thanks
ReplyDelete"crepitation", "sophistry" - you play with words easily and tie them into your dystopian rap-like bitch slap of a piece - this thing NEEDS to be read aloud! on the streets even haha - gotta love "Play the bible backwards; the new ending befits the
ReplyDeletemajor exposé of an entirety." - and the kind of imploding close - powerful write Arron! cheers
when a prophet falls, people will be touched, and of course there will be those who claim they speak for him. the sad history of the sad human race.
ReplyDeleteYou have created an image of thorns that leaves one in whirling thought...at least I am. I appreciate this piece very much, all my best Arron ~ Rose
ReplyDeleteGreetings zero summer, the last line has left me kerfunked...what is Ancient History ?
ReplyDeletethe attitude ?
the christian ?
the poem ?
or a combination of this Holy Trinity ? ......
I love the angst and ur surrealism.
Thanx 4 sharing.
WJJ