Chocolate Holy Water for J.F.K

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:34

Before guns wore make-up,
We used to put pennies in our socks
So we’d always walk on the root of all evil.

Now Wall Street angels frolic through satellite clouds borrowed
from youths educated by universities of smoke and plastic bags.

over the painted moon of the Morning Son,
the tears of a child speak homage to the waning gods
for in a day not far away,
the sun will rise
wearing the finest war scars money can buy

And the screams of humanity will be heard from Venus"
forgetting that the reciprocal of l-i-v-e is e-v-i-l
And perhaps death is the life meant to be lived.

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

This poem has a vibrancy about it despite its bleakness. What would the measure of life be if there were no death to measure it against. It is good to read you.

[SyberRose]

We used to put pennies in our socks
So we’d always walk on the root of all evil.

Cool write Ugochukwu... I especially liked those lines...Enjoyed...SyberRose