Cerberus' Post

Cerberus' tri-lapsing time,

wholly materializes at the everchanging 

gate of hell's undisclosed location.

three-headed hound: one head looks backward,

one head looks downward, one head looks forward.

watchful as the white candles with black flames.

his constant chain reaction of biting mouthfuls

from a disassociated body--swept with unanimous

agonies.

then viciously going at his faces & necks.

all fours in a multidirectional trounce for potential

escapees.

there's a stench so piercingly foul that it can only be

registered between retches--yet Cerberus' six

nostrils relish it.

are adept at deciphering it from the condemned that

attempt to creep.

the electrically gruff boom of his bark staying their

torn feet.

Author's Note

*Cerberus is the three-headed hound that guards the gate of the underworld in Greek Mythology.

Reviews

[Davidgeo]

What does "tri-lapsing time" mean exactly? Taking a single moment in time and dividing it three different ways according to cerberus...?

You're insane. Well done. It's a good kind of insane. They write poems about this kind of insanity.