Death Of A Priest
Written by George Gad Economou
empty fields on the horizon stand the tall mountains of eternal fire
crammed into a tiny space one chance to see Aphrodite
chasing shadows inside dirty orphan needles discovered in schoolyards
one featureless figure walks
the streets never empty look at those who seek a hole in the system
destroy the buildings burn down the forests dry up the seas
Timmy walked Jessica followed in the motel we cried over spilled bourbon
are you somewhere? dead before your birth
next to the elephants strolls a mouse king of the hill conqueror of the world
the machines dreadful pain tears insanity time for pleasure to commence
inside the foxhole playing cards one shell all it took four aces and it wasn’t enough
tightening walls all air squeezed out the grave of hope is nowhere to be found
he played guitar since childhood alas something else occupied the dreams of innocence
is there anybody out there? outside a hospital a junkie begs for dimes and nickels
inside the drunk tank sits a sober woman
in a basement the conquest of the virtual world is discussed
the motel stood in ruins burned down only room 123 remains occupied
Jessica and Timmy alone with each other in an embrace one kiss death
Peter and George in the hotel lobby shooting junk one needle death
Kate and Lisa in a big mansion by the pool talking of yesterday’s never realized
tomorrow
destruction world-domination nuclear-annihilation sit by me and cry
belonging to the same chorus songs about the devastation of the human soul
each a quarter of a mind altogether not making up half a mediocre human
doomed and damned a three-headed angel rubs his hands together drooling
a fire swallowed up the neighborhood
a black turtle took a piss all over the graveyard of nameless soldiers of tomorrow
end of the parade the atomic bomb looms over the planet
the sun gave up left the solar system
goodbye my children in hospital rooms born no one to visit
a farewell to the soldiers of the bar the ones never defeated in a battle yet always
losing the war
amen the priest was killed when the statue of christ toppled and squashed his head
Text © George Gad Economou
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