BEGGARS AT THE GATE

BY JAY WELLER

 

STOPLIGHTS SWINGING STARK

RUSTY SHOPPING CARTS

OLD MEN IN THE PARK

STRUGGLE AFTTER

 

NIGHT IS COMING FAST

IT BREAKS LIKE CRYSTAL GLASS

EATS THE STRONGEST LAST

OR DOES IT MATTER?

 

DARKNESS SERPENTS DOWN

STRANGLING THE CROWN

PAINTS FACES ON THE CLOWN

TO PLEASE ITS MASTER

 

TRAFFIC BREAKS AND GOES

BELOW THE RUMBLE GROWS

AN ANCIENT LAVA FLOWS

RAGING FASTER
SMALL MAN AND HIS GUN

EATS BEATLES ONE BY ONE

THE RANDOM CHOSEN ONE

KEEPS THE LAUGHTER

 

HEY THERE, CAN’T YOU SEE?

YOU’RE BUSTED AT THE KNEE

A BROKEN TRAVESTY

WAITS AT THE BANISTER

 

SO, COME NOW BRING YOUR FRIENDS

THE PARTY NEVER ENDS

NO NEED NOW TO PRETEND

YOU’LL SOON BE ALABASTER

 

THE GREAT BEAST SLOUCHES ON

TOWARD BABYLON

DELIVERING ITS SPAWN

FOREVER AFTER