Picaresque

Thus the temblor goes on forever
Echoing remnants of yesterday’s flames
And the billowing smoke from within
Cannot hide the diabolic games

There is nothing but a horrifying silence
Shouting anachronistic maxims in vain
Behold glorious Satan burning in fury
Driving dead-numbed mind insane

And the whisper breathed laboriously
Is but a vacuous manifestation of coquetry
Sweet-wrapped in shining packets of cyanide
So elaborate is its damning sophistry

Then the electric thunder strikes us blue
Leaving us dead as  time slowly slips
Dead then thou art, as dead as I
Drifting through the cosmos in nebulous drips

Reviews

[Cassie Fraga]

your word play is always so beautiful... this was a great piece sid!! thank you for sharing!!

[Mockingbird]

sounds dark and cynical. great imagery and beautiful language.

[Arabdha]

My favorite lines are-
"And the billowing smoke from within
Cannot hide the diabolic games".. I had to read this twice.Don't think I still understood this in its entirety ;) But awesome job with the meter and rhyming..!