Saturday, 20 January 2024

And You Thought There Weren’t

 

And You Thought There Weren’t

 

 

The children were the first to leave,

seats swallowed by hawked up rabies

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Above the crowd, hands conduct,

about game play he gives not a fuck,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Corners, goals, talent passed by unseen,

he’s fouled his pants, ripped his spleen,

mouths that spew in white, red, green,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Women bore him so they force an exit,

ducking shot off broadsides and strayed bullets,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Thinning crowds witness his thinning hair,

now flicking witless fingers at fresh air,

worn drums beating, klaxons blare,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Tripled chinned and full bellies five,

unfathom how he stayed alive

this long, how his doctrines are allowed to thrive,

a heart attack that was revived

by worker wasps that stock the hive,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.

Fervent fist-falling fat faces pound,

blasphemes our holy sporting grounds,

a charge of static, a tedium of change,

aspects of blood unborn of blame,

from here besieged his world will burn,

in conflagrations his nations churn.

Beat thunder, bring on his end of days,

see ancient dogma in his eyes ablaze,

submit to the will of men who pray,

beget rotting fell fruit fall from apple trees,

and you thought there weren’t

men like these,

anymore.




1 comment: