King of Heaven

Bashful winter's strum

winds herald with a hum

near at the end of each year

let us in on reasons to cheer.

People walking in a hurry

up and down the bustling streets

gust of restless snow flurry

overwhelmed with gifts and receipts.

Roads and shops festooned

with ribbons and garlands

in a festive array twiddly plumed

lights are blinking in the heartlands.

Shoppers ride the corporate trend

out and about on holiday sled

scenery change out of the mundane

trips, treats and glassfuls of champagne.

Flashy commercials on the television

regalement of brand merchandise

glitter and excess dazzle the vision

Yule traditions grown into a franchise.

Dance, sing, eat, drink and be merry

stuff your cheeks with ham and sherry

fattened up hamsters on the sales wheel

piggy banks smashed into mincey squeal.

Messages of the filthy rich prominent

for love and peace, being cognizant

caring about war-torn and poor diasporas

hypocritical recordings on cameras.

Lights go off and the make-up melts away

wishes and turgidity on screens will stay

think of the needy while being served gourmet

they listen to carols and watch royal ballet.

Christmas divested of its real spirit

transcendence arrested, contusion livid

bogus glitz exhibits holiday depression

pious disabused of this blank facial expression.

Around the Christmas tree looking glamorous

Yuletide dreamers of gluttony and avarice

hollow gift boxes blink once and miss

a nativity scene clashing with joy frivolous.

Nativity; the greatest tangible present

after freedom of will many resent

annually so generously given to humanity

a promise to abolish spiritual mortality.

Mythologies forged out of instinct

ere the milestone Birth lores were linked

to mother nature and to the sol invictus

God's simulacra lionised in pagan ictus.

Season's greetings ring in the new era

ending the reign of a religious chimera

God fulfilled the promise to His children

His Word to Flesh gloriously unbidden.

The Holiest Baby ever to be born

swept through like Jerusalem thorn

sleeps in the cradles of our hearts

golden flowers of truth igniting sparks.

From the Seed of the Woman

blossomed the serpent's demise

God endured to become Son of Man

to preach His Word and kill its lies.

Thenceforward, man's bruised heel

bitten and poisoned to death

with faith, blood was fast to congeal

a chance for man to draw new breath.

A white lily; whiter and purer than snow

having golden anthers radiantly aglow

conduit of the Holy Ghost by design

was chosen the Divinity to carry and enshrine.

The most fragrant flower in the Spring

Virgin Mary healed mankind's broken wing

a flower which sprang from the tears of Eve

once yellow by the Expulsion, now fair reprieve.

Archangel Gabriel during the Annunciation

told Virgin Mary She Is Mother to every nation

Maiden Restorer of worldly innocence lost

Immaculate Conception of an unblemished host.

A glorious white trumpet-like flower

signals Jesus' Birth in every dark hour

Gabriel's call to rebirth and new life

announces the King of Heaven and Afterlife.

Neither a supernova nor planetary conjunction

Angelic Congregation singing to Jesus hymns

blinding resonance chorus praised in satisfaction

the First Coming of The King of kings.

Three Magi known as the Wise Men

skilled astronomers came to Jerusalem

philosophers and counsellors from the East

seeking information from a devilish beast.

The Magi knocked on the wrong door

interpreting the heavenly signs were sure

where the King of the Jews would arrive

but couldn't locate, much less a map contrive.

Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior's quest

in Judea's kingdom stirred great unrest

the usurper's birthday reached Herod the Great

based on prophecies he was forced to abdicate.

Frenzied Herod looked for advice

he turned to his priests and scribes

Bethlehem was revealed as the place

Magi; his recon envoy in a wild-goose chase.

Over the Bethlehem cradle shone this Star

guided the Magi and shepherds from afar

pilgrimage to a humble palace, before a manger

Cave-Born our Universal Composer and Arranger.

Pilgrims were received with cordiality

gold, frankincense and myrrh their offerings

by Hallelujah were sworn to confidentiality

while Angels sang the end of human sufferings.

The avatar of dark angel wanted blood

to rid himself of the Messianic Flood

therefore, devised a massacre of innocence

firstborn sons of Egypt killings renascence.

Herod ordered the slaughter of all male infants

execution of two years old and under triumphants

first Christian Martyrs and protective shield

for Him Who brought a sword the world to wield.

Born into persecution from cradle to the grave

equal fate His followers shall always face

fearful of The Holy Word like a tidal wave

His Image the powers of darkness crave to erase.

When Jesus came of age His Mission began

one third of The Holy Trinity was baptised

by John the Baptist, vanguard of The Divine Plan

christened by The Holy Ghost, Christ.

John the Forerunner had preached the Gospel

Herod Antipas and Herodias being of brothel

couldn't accept his rebuke for their adultery

so Herodias beheaded him via Salome the cutlery.

Jesus' story, Healer of World War scars and travails.

But who still do the dance of the seven veils?

Who still sentence Jesus to The Cross with nails?

Who still fear The Nativity calling it tall tales?

Horriflection

Fragmented image stares back

compound eyes of bereavement

perplexity's shards ransack

pieces unevenly in concealment

broken credence loves the dark

fright and tremor in the vacuum

scythe disguised as question mark

buzzing the field of dreams pre-bloom

remainders, ice cubes inside a glass

half-empty abandoned in the taproom

harmony checked out waving a cutlass

tipsy at the entrance of neurosis

emptiness tumblerfuls beget cirrhosis.

Down burning substance puts the dream

fantasy that became a nightmare

saltiness further isolates the bream

scales chipped away to threadbare

heat spiking the roof of the mouth

fiery waterfalls caress the gullet

provisional warmth with cottonmouth

a perpetual hole inside the wallet

swollen vessel, living dead

bottleshapes revolving homestead

spider veins, strips of lace

lavatories head's resting place

feigning innocence while losing face.

Each flushing sound a mile

becalmed watching the sea smile

a tiny pond of dirt and regret

at a captain holding a gimlet

whose crew feelings mutinied

for their master wasn't certified

leading them straight to reefs

heart skips, mind skips

skipper fast asleep at the helm

unprotected from the whelm

waking up slap, salty lashing

screwdriver bores a hole in the head

tears after happy hour thrashing.

Chaos on a ghost ship to extinction

hull riddled with apertures

keel crushed by brute partition

hundred fangs of connoisseurs

black rats down in the hold

hidden into every nook and cranny

hungrily scared remote-controlled

searching for their liquid honey

bitter taste became sweeter in time

paws feel for in erratic pantomime

rodents relish the moonshine drop

thoughts toward desire won't stop

personal tragedy of vermin menagerie.

As the whirlpools deliver torque

incisors sink and pop the cork

bottles spout like whales

lightning strikes the masts

toppled and tangled in the sails

oddment hit by fulmination blasts

caught up in the Bermuda Triangle

weakness, loss and dismay

splinters of shipwrecks mangle

captured by apocalyptic disarray

whence and whereto this cutty sark

upon which adventures did it embark

question trapped in quotation marks

horrible visage on the stormy water

seas don't reflect back when they totter.

Through the portholes a slur

inside somnambulist now astir

disjointed submersible of disaster

swilling gallons to sink faster

on its maiden voyage it got hit

smashed by the tip of an iceberg

long ago, captain has chosen to quit

not spending a unit of erg

so that the tide is turned

the abyss most once more has earned

treasure-trove of heavy chests

chock-full of words unspoken

flushed away with chains unbroken

holding back catharsis it will rest

emesis and a shoulder to cry on

could be a timely life-vest.

Wolves of Grey

Chilling smile forming crescent moon

eating from another mouth with stolen spoon

gül reçeli red dripping colouring the lips

genocidal taste lingers in sticky apocalypse.

Yellow eyes mirroring the stars

windows to an inhumanly violent soul

fetid oily skin covered in battle scars

descendant of warriors who came in a shoal.

Lineage traced back to the conquest age

invaders in waves who subjugated Eurasia's gage

riding on bare horseback raised on the steppe

Attila, then Temujin, after Temür sprayed the doorstep.

Innocent blood painted this flag feeding your veins

frowning and resolved you hold these reins

same gripping fashion of Mehmed the stormer

penetrating the walls being sly martial performer.

Taking the spoils of war in your greedy hands

with dağlama demiri printing the slave brands

backdoor traitors permanently burnt into the skin

as stylized hançer sculpted their next of kin.

Fertilized a vast empire with Oriental agility

flooded by feral sperm was Occidental docility

genetic carrier hints at a scrawny outbred body

etched by Altaic mountain range oafishly shoddy.

A hungry wild grey wolf raised in a pack

mangy fur appears silvery in the moonlit dark

crooked teeth gnawing at the cunning itch of dönme

flea on either Sultan or Bourgeois incubates his dogma.

Forced kâfir women before your Uighur panhead ail

harems clustered around you naked and pale

conditioned yeñiçeri also fall head over heels so frail

both on your fully erect eğri kılıç they flail.

Every cariye longs for your tonguelike lokum

same fever given to iç oğlanları brought up in the Enderûn

molested into whirling dervishes on your scimitar

breach Şeriat risking their lives for a lap dance bizarre.

Eclipsed the crescent moon by atrocities of the past

well-nigh, house of cards the grotto shall collapse

in retribution marble cracks releasing the brigades

slays with a swing of his sword the King of Spades.

In between the devil and the deep blue sea,

tails between their legs, grey wolves all will flee

back into the imperial crimson of the Orient

outside the Great Wall quivery howls, cubs spent.

Politicks

Democracy used as panacea

meritocracy a redundant idea

genocides in thy name baptised

warfares on thy holiness devised

be part of the commonwealth

rogue nation nursed back to health

abandon tribal collectivity

apply for universal productivity

single individual rise and shine

come aboard for currency is time

global democracy appears benign.

Opportunist enter the constitutional shrine

kindly requested to memorise the articles

free markets' founding particles

religiously revere the symbol

recite with us newly christened cymbal

the elementary characteristics

of hierarchical differentiation

pay attention to logistics

follow stratified participation

aptly massage the statistics

brandish gerrymandering intrinsics.

Castes and orders articulated

social bodies grow frustrated

calm the interest clash at gold's behest

rule over stockbrocking requests

centralised policies implementation

redefinition of each ration

for every healthy nationality

detected a systemic fatality

pervading circulatory sanctity

sacrificial bidding of quality

altar covered with knavish verticality.

Galvanize via sugarcoating

authentic tradition creeps in foreboding

returns evermore rebelliously iconic

restrict ethnos the moronic

bolster hapless demos

by unleashing Deimos

relax because power corrupts

fictional supremacy erupts

flattering political perspectives

plebeians' enlightenment directives.

Whenever despondent

along with the French Revolution

two conundrums in dissolution

use nationalist facade and content

drown the masses in particularization

asphyxiate their cooperation

overthrow legitimate sovereignty

poison the self-subsisting entity

with limited irresistible warranty

praise the democracy of the dead

elusive deified inheritance

for in God we trust

emotive motto of the past.

Senate of the owls

order invariably prowls

speaks atop the panopticon

worldview like a spherical polygon

''Come forth our submissive politicks!''

''Come out of the woodwork!''

''Jump out of urban bricks!''

''Bloodthirsty insects learn new tricks!''

''Leech off  les misérables!''

''Go where labour and blind faith is ample!''

Stagyrean philosopher; Oh Aristotle!

Mind which mobocracy won't mollycoddle

demagoguery thrives on democracy

essential brain cells wasted on bureaucracy

in a cesspool of political correctness

polity brings about needed freshness

denudes Hegelian dialectic

lyses a ploy for the dyspeptic

bread and circuses my insightful Juvenal

manna medicine keeping us senile

the beast for us to resist, an act futile

never those corrupt charged with graft

politicks reading tomes of leftist witchcraft

thus, you don't have to waste your spittle

rehydrate sere grass harvested with sickle

unsalvageable brains pummeled by hammer

only polity restores and ends the programmer.

Seems an arrogant thing to say

but people will believe in lies come what may

twins born out of the same uterus

at their service venal slaves numerous

divide and conquer the grand design

spoils of wars land slices on a goldmine

collected oil sponsorships out of the ruins

offered as donations to grief-stricken bedouins

bloodstain laundering by eleeymosynary route

alliances and treaties in a perpetual canon hoot

an equivocal phrase always enunciated

a statement into all languages need be translated

''We must learn to live together as brothers''

shed and throw away our costumary covers

''or perish together as fools''

in that distinction is prohibited by globalist rules.

Abdesybaris

Great desiccation rears its head

a decision is made marking a watershed

an arrangement with exhibitionism in mind

creation of a cistern one of a kind.

Enormous like an emperor's pool

a pond the ocean fish could befool

reservoir rewriting human history

accolades won for this revitalising hymnary.

Ere the water tank we begin to synthesise

first a brilliant fundraiser must be held

for our city's glory on its walls to crystallise

coveted by others a monument unparalleled.

Sung as the greatest wonder of the world

incidentally, a resplendent architectural marvel

shall never be left simplistic to join the fold

but complete with a fountain of the whitest marble.

Months of backbreaking work and geometric calculation

followed by breathers of bacchanalian revelry

then eftsoons resumed with enhanced dedication

may we proudly present to you the well of reverie.

Anacreon has written a poem to celebrate

fabulous rhapsody our sophistication extols

Abderian creation which gods has made irate

without further ado, the unveiling, begin the drum roll!

The veil is lifted and dropped like a pin

wonderment has taken prisoners the crowd

words of the poet accompanied by harp and violin

speechless and ecstatic, feelings abound.

Engravings of Poseidon and his underwater legions

seductive Nereids encircle the fountain's brim

visitors in droves will come from other regions

genuflect before our glitz and stature which theirs bedim.

The bovine gaze is interrupted by some chortle

a liliputian resident and the city's madman laugh

the orchestra  pauses at the jester carrying a bauble

pride gives way to trepidation spotting the gaffe.

The madman hollers; ''Extravaganza, sans substance!''

The toddler cries out; ''I spy water's absence!''

Anacreon mussitates; ''Gods, 'tis Democritus birthplace!''

King groans; ''To him, founder of the atom, we, a disgrace!''

Guest Diogenes advises; ''Bolt your city gate!''

''At all times if possible or, better yet, go fortify it!''

''For it is loose so take the furbelow to corrugate.''

''Before the whole of Abdera slips out of its outfit.''

On sparkling wine's ebullience we lost our minds

with a handful of mites, nature the birdbrain provides

consigned to oblivion the blueprint for the aqueduct

from the bile duct, caustic green reviews will eruct.

Forever remembered as a laughingstock

the city whose name will give the definition

local attributive used as term to mock

registered in dictionaries under vainglorious omission.

Laughter travels through the air currents

the boastful quenched their thirst in opulent torrents

spouting from an overwrought blunder

infeasible for anyone else to steal this thunder.

The laughter reaches the coast of Sybaris

announcing the grand cistern was filled up with hybris

became the urinal of Xerxes and Darius the First

tiara and scimitar, jesters in menial gratuity submersed.

The Sybarites couldn't pay any attention

up to their necks and eyeballs in luxuriation

living to gluttonise and squander daily

opprobrium wouldn't stop indulge themselves so gaily.

Materialism, this city's sacred dogma

licentiousness, tepidity regarded as good karma

symposia and festivals garble the derisive cackle

the sound reaching their ears perceived as wine gargle.

Day after day and night after night

under the moon and stars or in broad daylight

they continued with a life of leisure and frolics

leaving all tasks to slaves, their workaholics.

Magna Graecia's lands were blessed

lives fed on podgy harvest with added zest

ships loaded with goods arrived at the bustling harbour

bartering exotic foods before every departure.

Once, a wealthy trader woke up with lumbago

being out of shape and soft like leavened dough

for sleeping on a bed sprinkled with rose petals

he called in sick owing to a folded one's sting of nettles.

Not a rooster's crow was to be heard at dawn

for screaming all were ousted from the city of Sybaris

drawing on the clinophiles' faces a permanent yawn

before every new day's sunrise pierced the sky cribrous.

When the Sybarite Myndirides traveled to Sycion

asking Cleisthenes' daughter's hand in marriage

he was escorted by a thousand slave-drawn carriage

attended by chefs, huntsmen, fishermen, a sapid scion.

The fellow citizens of Myndirides were gourmands

their mouths always full of exotic and rich viands

prepared by the best cooking and confectionery hands

inventors held yearly patents for their culinary birth pangs.

Invitations to the sumptuous annual banquet 

were sent to their recipients one year ahead

blacksmiths and carpenters were forced out

their professions being strenuous and loud.

There was an incident of a Sybarite fainting

the aristocrat collapsed in an episode of syncope

some workers moiled on a roof to lay the slating

standard reaction from those who lived so carefree.

People recounted the story of that tragedy

another Sybarite hearing this lost his joviality

he begged them to stop immediately narrating

felt acutely the workers' toil, his ribs started aching.

Balneae focused on rigorous learning

loutrochoi were taught not to be perturbing

slowly and carefully they showered the bathers

doing caldarium, tepidarium or frigitarium favours.

During 6th century BC, Sybaris skirmished with Kroton

pleasures tolled the death knell for a great glutton

in 510 BC, Kroton dissolved Sybaris by the river Crathis

lethargy turned the brass warrior statue into verdigris.

Roaming Rascals

Electric eye plugs in

radio towers transmitting

satellites recite from sheepskin

a retching crowd starts vomiting

invisible veins recycling aspects

thin air sculptures the prospects.

Rumour has it,

my cousin's boyfriend's brother

was told it has a ring to it

by a neighbour's friend's mother

but the narrative does not fit

newsflash has gone undercover.

Reputedly, an event is due

uncle's colleague's best friend has read

happens to be right on cue

slithering letters of a hissing copperhead

spread on paper crawling out of tunnels

at night, hosted on talk-show panels.

Rumours travelling faster than light

words spread like wildfire

letters sewn together in foresight

cinders cultivate a haphazard brier

in slips of the tongues stabs smite

channels pinned on a thorny wire.

Take the headlines in your stride

sprinkled with some grain of salt

granules will preserve your hide

questioning trust is losing by default

believe in the magnificence of sand castles

forget the twitch in your eyes and muscles.

Bloodshot eyes rolling in the sockets

universes swirling inside the pockets

waterproof messages in bottles

receivers dive wearing their goggles

cork's pop philosophising on mute

choker with detritus a space, facts to confute.

Teasers put to hard work as barkers

catchpenny mottos summon the crowd

dowdy intelligence is being shout out loud

alert betas looking askance at the wormhole

repetitive usherettes guide to the seats

attractive cajolery into the head beats. 

Scowling stares slowly hypnotized by malaise

termagant inner critic becoming drowsy

brains beaten joyfully into a smooth mayonaise

pupils dilate on command and irises turn mousey

slipping further away into a fictitious daydream

the scariest film ever to make you silently scream.

Meditation in the sanctum sanctorum

pains followed by fractured gains

imparted to the audience secrets of decorum

alphas bombarded by paper planes

rainbow smoke trails in the shape of paper clips

dissected butterflies feeding voracious thrips.

Letters were alphabetically in order

alphas are strewn in total disorder

nurses keep in place the programming

concentration stricken with barrage jamming

communication belaboured ineffectual

imagination and learning run conventual.

Agitprop overrides the betas with panache 

fissure in trust opened by lamda libels

bulbous osteal cups of pungent squash

down the storm drain poisoning the vitals

clench the teeth until the finish line

where you become the circle's cosine.

One hundred and seventy six steps

point six hundred and twenty five volts

means of lying epsilon corrective specs

opened holes repaired with bolts

beffudled state of intuition

undue former social scene in remission.

Rapid eye movement inside the dreamy state

condition feels like fabricated phi fate

somewhere adrift between the space of two

pushing and pulling of alphas and deltas

theta is making its fraternity debut

materialising with virtuosity psionic shelters.

A voice barely audible and heckled

nys and rhos use soundbites

testimonies are thoroughly speckled

deceptions and illusions are the highlights

irrepressible, decisive and homogenising

zetas orchestrate concerts compromising.

The gates have opened up to nightmares

roaming rascals the status quo henchmen

royal guard inching closer, their Yeomen

riding the airwaves on metallic mares

apocalyptic flood of heterogeneous news

confliction crashes unceasingly upon the citizens.

Deltas are fast asleep counting sheep

a slow dance to death on all fours

pis in their dotage forced to creep

taus' tactical management and info wars

with omicrons have nurtured tumours

eight compelling needs to intellectual neap.

At this healing process the alarm goes off

heroic etas became symbols of humiliation

transcendental beauty lost in a trade-off

retorts dribble detrimental causation

for salvation, ypsilon prayers exiting the lips

entreating the alpha and omega before the trip to styx.

Riptide steals from this dimension

deprives of time required for reflection

analytical prowess sunken, while the attention, 

which has become sufficiently shallow

constantly urged by a new invitation

generously rewarded to remain callow.

Gamma state is achieved by wailing in oblivion

spiritual understanding is granted to the simian

godspeed, a blessing outracing the speed of light

the soul mirrored as an angel, not a sprite

malevolent mys revert to morals

minds no longer trapped in propaganda corals.

Nocturnal nys widening endogenous skies

mispronounced as kappas to the third power

sigmas signalling the breathtaking sunrise

iotas gifting strength during the darkest hour

omicrons expressing adamant courage

powerful chis and psis will be common occurrence.

Interrogative natures might hear a knock

indoctrinated kicks will bust the doors down

inquisitive thresholds be marked with chalk

doubts to deracination will get bitten

taken for a walk of shame in a dunce crown

in the pillory for all to see with spit and stigma ridden.

Pal Palsies

Taciturn humming, calcified demur

ensues from a battle without succour

carbuncular jewel in a crag port nestled

tight shut oyster by the riptide embezzled

on an underwater cliff

navy blues of wavy loneliness

impassive mayday from a marooned skiff

carried away close to an inhospitable shore.

Precarious steps of a newly hatched sea turtle

lurking a seagull behind veils of vapour

accelerating bird of prey flying the hurtle

the gluttonous snatch of goodness by an invader

evidence the scratches on the shell

strong currents, defenders the enemy expel.

Crushing waves mute the sobbing

riveting gesture of sheltering waters

unexpected kindness in a nodding

safety provided by magnanimity

heart bigger than an ocean can hold

irradiation coming from one made of gold

nurturing and healing proximity

glares mitigated from a liquid stronghold.

Teachings on a friendly undertow

one idempotent matrix transmuted

greatness in the company of empathy

eventually the pearl finds its inner glow

taught to tell the difference in an ocean polluted

hazardous plastic bags from jellyfish alimentary

extrasensory amity outlined in the flow so well

rancour is wide and fearsome outside a diving bell.

Story of the sea turtle and the undulation

two kindred spirits in constant motion

revelled in the melody of mutual affirmation

on the go practicing marine hobbies with devotion

never staying in one place for too long

gales were insignificant below the surface

link was established unbreakable and strong

young and wild years were only the preface.

Cardinal numbers in a larger than life set

auxiliary aid manifested itself via bijection

unseen intervals had sewn a safety net

sadly, soon would end a transpose relation

inside the fluid matrix of our world

neutralised was the symmetry of siblingship

graph depicting injection, twin fins, furled.

Many a tale was told about islands floating

amongst the garbage patches

silently, marine litter, dangerously roaming

solitude's shadow in front of sinking ashes

instructions followed to the letter

visceral gorge left an incurable scorch

entering a race to decide the pacesetter.

Exhaling in nostalgic recollection

a bundle of boxed memories collecting dust

recordings of adventures reminding lost connection

the mementos fractured by mistrust

happy birthday cards and parties

quips made on the spur of the moment

united with a pinky swear past our forties

alongside each other taking down any opponent

keepsakes of best times in our lives

endless summer burning like a candle bright

soulful songs whose lyrics now cut like knives.

Funfair

Given I'm viscous

sweet as molasses

reminiscent of  Hibiscus

swig, floral and tangy

not mistaken for grungey

so is my flair.

Come! Sit and join me,

at my brandy and honey-tea funfair.

Here, here!

Receive an amusing subvention

raise your glass to self-inflation

assets under this corporate umbrella

loads limited by finance, rain or shine

ever so clever and stern lamella

maintenance expenses trim at your life line

living the good life always a business hard

balancing duty with pleasure pertains to art.

Breadwinners,

industrious women and men

hungry breadbaskets at the assembly line

employees stay content on regular regimen

on every month's last Friday,

it's payday

we, the employers leer at them

fools holler ''Hurray!''

At home, young fowls waiting to be fed

by ravenous bills pockets left hollow

left for dead.

Money tied to valuta, gold or oil

standards whose own values fluctuate

demand and supply

the ambiguously duo rate

labour is the saviour pumping blood

into our money and helps its circulation

hearts of our talents and their toils bled

we toast to the fund flood

and boast of having no ethical shred

waving bones at lapdogs chasing their tails.

In the here and now,

we host a celebration

the birth of a powerful conglomerate

interest rates rise to offset inflation

we act on the board of directors' mandate

a raging bull heading toward a timid bear

budding monopoly

taking by storm the market share

vertical merger

juggernaut arrayed in chain mail

down with its fail

there go sustainable economies of scale.

Serve yourself,

many a sangria drink

fathomless is the punch bowl's pit

workforce will never ever shrink

for we are tradesmen, apt and savvy

holding two watermelons under one armpit

rounded scoops of gluttony, avarice and envy

like way back when,

craving after the power of a Czar

killing fashion sense,

red fez,

eating caviar.

I gather,

just a minor suspicion

your worries haven't been left at the vestibule

call it a tycoon's intuition

ballroom will spin you into a swirl of ridicule

in a dance challenge

with you as the partner of derision

tonight we need to sit back and relax

tomorrow we shall confront that income tax.

Until consumers realize, save us

nobody is owner of anything, really

people will persist in evaluating insincerely

not even owning ourselves

desires superfluous

currency will be a ball and chain

encouraged debtors to own more

blatant materialistic lies, a proven bane

monetary reliance forever is our mentor.

I ask you,

hand on heart

portrait of a historical upstart

a vassal swearing allegiance

artwork of a universal grievance 

question if there is price on our freedom

could it be as well

a social status acanthus

placed on the head

security to the fiefdom

conferring some gravitas

on a broken system.

Fiscal and marketing legerdemain

nothing more free than an inmate

no exit out of this fairground domain

workers living on a happy real estate

speakers repeating the same campaign

tenants in a correctional facility

drudges on the roller-coaster

it goes by the name profitability

offered grocery coupons to survive

redemption codes for the hammer ride

radioactive popcorn, food fraudster.

Auburn Fall

Abruptly, the wind got crisp

sunny smiles turned upside down

hereafter twinkle of will-o'-wisp

lights the way to ghost town.

The advent of All Hallows' Eve

invisible veil wears through

drought's martyrs silver ropes reave

ghastly locusts crops, voraciously, chew.

Dead leaves floating in the air

trees stretch their skeletal fingers

clusters of wretched figures

lifting up wilted hands in prayer.

The forest grasping for lost youth

dog days, a fair-weather friend

vanished into the fog in the end

escaped bad times in a manner uncouth.

Falling golden and crimson leaves glisten

phantom fireflies in catatonic dance

resting place, red carpet, soon-to-be tisane

laid down to greet first rain by happenstance.

Balefully, clouds gathering over tree husks

transient apparel under nebulous fresco

on branches every feathered traveler embarks

on a journey following the mellow echo.

Reverberations of a promised land

with giant days and sweeter wine

tales fed by beaks pointing at the skyline

while the will was still nascent and crammed.

Migratory spirits moving out

skein as arrow aimed at a distant clout

flying along the designated zephyr section

flocks led by the seasoned pilots' inflection.

Planetary shift masked by overcast skies

palette mixing passion with gloom

sombre tones reminiscence exhume

the firmament wells up, finally cries.

Flashes of sadness in the lurid lightning

riot time dalliances past are stifling

effusion through hoarse thunder

bevy of animals in lodgings shudder.

The welkin, repentantly, the earth shall kiss

her parched parts, untended, he being remiss

first with drizzle, then rain, after some deluge

his concrete reparation, her face paints rouge.

Insolation, given stockpiled rays, severe heatstroke

precipitation, the suspenseful cure

rot sluiced by torrential downpour

nature celebrates, likewise, her townsfolk.

Stormy weather is a nagging frenemy

regulator, in battle with entropy

cotton thoughts scud, ergo, inertia rejection

needle rain pricks in this acupuncture session.

Multitude of droplets forming streams

a world so thirsty, the water redeems

sylvan orchard's branches, afresh, heavy

autumnal sugariness is paid no levy.

The calm before and after the squall

emergent earthen fragrance from damp ground

humid change is palpable all around

tranquillity of a lake reflecting the auburn fall.

Reconciliation between soil and the sky

autumn equinox commenced a sacred rite

vermilion cups exchange at twilight

first harvest offerings, fauna wassails hereby.

Woodpeckers drill holes into the gourds
squirrels chip away at the insides of turnips
foxes bring the fire to light each little furnace
beaming Jack-o'-lanterns ward off the wraith hordes.

Behold! The heralds of new beginnings rise

pallid stalks, courtly ruffs, fancy caps

emit spores leeching life off demise

garden gnomes, unnoticed, in the cracks

love letter laden burlap sacks.

Emergency Call

An emergency call breaks the silence

red and blue lights start blinking

immediate setting off the sirens

hands on the wheel counter to ticking.

Initially appeared as minor fatigue

later became a chest discomfort

out of breath not that a web of intrigue

ferryman's fare the sublingual piedfort.

Tunnel vision of driving expectation

best hits of promises played on the radio

pedal to the metal was issued a citation

wrong swerve and head on collision's audio.

Wreckage of dream was flung far
amorphous mass of iron and plastic
reality has hit hard like a freight car
pulverised a gullible heart once enthusiastic.

The paramedic crew arrives

while life still hangs on loosely 

by a strand once entwined profusely 

pulse from an aeroplane skydives.

Running against and out of time

medics medevac the injured party up

with the ambulance in speedup

victim's brain conjures an eye rhyme.

Lingering pain the hippocampus straps

memories of words spoken by ghosts

affirmations of the past dried up in oasts

guarantees amounted to wort of perhaps.

Hospital grounds entrance to asylum

for scrapes, sutures and some astringent alum

promising tunes followed by tinnitus

pain mountainous, rocky and acclivitous.

Corridors long and winding

convulsions on a stretcher

moving lights so blinding

visions of a blue dressed etcher.

Placed on the operation table

monitors spell condition critical

hanging onto the defibrillator's cable

anesthesia mutters words cryptical.

Sleep paralyses the agony

old movie countdown to a flashback

cinematic dreams of irony

performing promises caught in playback.

Surgeon saws through the sternum

confined melancholy spews out 

a horrible geyser of venom

undead vermin crawling about.

Overworked respiratory ventilators

promises the hypoxia instigators

clusters of letters clogged the arteries

causing the chronic cardiac injuries.

Unforeseen bypass complication

there is mitral valve prolapse

flaps left open too long in expectation

fight against time before a cardio collapse.

Valve regurgitates blood from the ventricle

back into the left atrium and tears trickle

a bloodbath of the slain hopes

the engine is saved and completes two strokes.

Heart is stitched back together

self-reproach is cauterised

mind remains mesmerised

promises were light as a feather.

The crater of the volcano is sealed
albeit unrest might still be lying in its veins
in weeks gone by the wounds have healed
a final eruption should eject what complaint remains.

Infusion pump guards at the bedside

intravenous drip watches over

circulatory system and definitions clarified

recuperation visits in a friendly takeover.

Callous Clappers

Actualised worst nightmare

demonic monsters

chewing at bones bare

bestiary accounts of evil mobsters.

Aces at grave robbing

compulsion for old secrets to dissect

a bony monument to erect

keep their black hole hearts throbbing.

Iblis sired a fiendish clan

buzzing jinns with forked tongues

toxic scourges realms span

ghouls with blether fill their lungs.

Diggers at the soul plane's cemetery

where people skeletons of the past bury

gossipy ghouls pinpoint the stench

headstones they break

ossified cartilage they wrench

on holders' minds havoc wreak.

Cackle of macabre delight

bloodcurdling screeches in the night

sounds of chattery tongues gnashing

bones to dust crushing

boneless slugs of the mouths, however,

as sharp as teeth they dissever.

Sticks and stones

might break the bones

but words alone

of slightest condescending tone

can crumble thrones.

As vulgarity of hearsay sets empire

forced are the subjects

they change into cannibal attire

if anyone objects 

gossip orders an off-with-their-heads.

Evil eye of prattle

- fighter wears an amulet -

serpentine clappers rattle

- soldier holds back sorrow's rivulet -

a nerve-wracking battle

- knight takes up the gauntlet.

For raising spirits

block out the lies

strive for merits

cut down the slanderous ties.

Deserving every happiness

mind not their haughtiness

this is your precious life

wash clean the putty knife

awesome individual

owner of an honest heart original.

Gossipy ghouls brave in groups

whiners when alone

afraid to jump through hellfire hoops

and tossers to the bone

to mordancy of their bile susceptible

signs of remorse though imperceptible.

Beware of smiles with lurking teeth

for they can tear the throat 

through whom you breathe

loaded fleers imitate a moat

once fake grins overflow

try to stay afloat

by clinging on to hope and row.

Stay healthy, proud and strong

do not let anyone pull your strings

keep away from the wrong throng

do not let them break your wings

nobody can evaluate your self-worth

you dictate your own with grit

remember you are a rare earth

invaluable element not counterfeit.

Nature is a jungle

the incompetent from trees dangle

subtle prompt that gloves are off  

it is survival of the fittest

therefore the weak scoff

terrorised by the brightest

whatever unreachable to the swanky

jealousy passes it to the monkey.

Victim get efficiently busy

hold your head high

don't get inebriated with the fizzy 

the limit is the sky

or critics will make you dizzy

rivals your place in the sun will descry

theft was never made that easy.

Idle talk is cheap

harmless as a barking dog

who will not even bite a log

far in life will go the dweeb

who is meek and mild 

on occasion runs wild

fears not the enemy who attacks

but the fake friend who backstabs.

Better off with eyes gouged out

than with reputation in doubt

reason enough calumny to tip your tongue 

into your brain pulp before you speak

spreading rumours a practice wrong

start talking straight not oblique

never level others with the ground

life is a wheel going round and round

might be the next to run aground.

Ribaldry

Solid proof to all atheists

God Almighty creates and exists

only The Heavenly Sculptor fashions

flesh that awakens burning passions.

Entrancing faces amaze

with varyingly shaped

twinkly set of eyes that daze

powerful orbs with shiny lids draped.

Exquisite cheekbones on each face

tempting fleshy lips nothing can replace

sculptures with symmetrical hands

hands that arouse the glands

and arms ready to caress and embrace

features making hearts pound fast and race.

Necks sometimes thick

sometimes elegant and raw

leave you with a dropped jaw

begging to taste an Adam's apple

taste which knocks off the saddle

or pick off Eve's petals

giving off estrogen waft

sepals where beauty settles

and dove tears make their loft.

Amazing shoulder blades

at one fell swoop

cut through the everglades

in quest of immortality's drupe.

Galatea's shapely pointy breasts

altocumulus soft nests

Hercules' protuberant hairy pecs

exuding assertive male sex

both put you under an irrevocable hex.

Nymphlike hourglass figures

and warriorlike chiseled abs

pulling off the brain tabs

wonders above sensational pelvises

alluding to love-making crevices

one pelvis adorned with an Adonis belt

from miles afar vividly felt

another shaped after goddess Aphrodite

turning composed minds to flighty.

Hanging gardens of Babylon

gates of inner and outer lips 

magnificent flowing chiffon

lotus flower wherefrom nectar seeps

arbor vitae generous and sightly irresistible 

painted in the colour of truce

enfolded in foliage and compactible

fertility resides in the evergreen spruce.

Slender spines ending in two back dimples

watch them smirk

while hips in action quirk

voluptuous or muscly buttocks

resembling two idyllic rural hummocks

paired with perfect long legs

immobilizing like two steel pegs.

Bodies wrapped up with glowing smooth skin

musk perfumed or rose-scented

causing a lust swell from within

at museums of the finest arts presented

dipped in every mouthwatering chocolate hue

refreshing flavour as mystifying as mountain dew.

To fetishise is sin

any human masterpiece

made to be admired and cared for

people walk a line so thin

between affection and caprice

benighted on true love and neglectful to adore.

Seduction is a double-edged sword

loss greater than humans emotionally afford

allure alone gets people bored

carnal cravings hurt without fondly accord

beguilement is very lucrative

procures all money can buy

temporarily the hungry heart will pacify

hollow satisfaction basically copulative.

Concupiscence the punitive

kills pure love coming from inside

lust and currency this emotion deride

in modern world romance is a fugitive.

Dedication to perfect human creations

escaping ceaseless temptations

happiness absolute

must be their lovers' main pursuit.

Surprisingly smitten without a clue

this funny feeling is hard to construe

picturesquely descriptive

instance the use of my heart

legend of Eros and Psyche prescriptive

dip my quill into its metallic red to write art.