Antichrist

devil’s fish

satan on my back
know but forget
secret of his power

he turns me
into fish in stream
then man
with fish dinner
child at side

sharing my
last supper
with future
generation

diner demon
will trip me up
but invisible devil
fells him with
invisible punches

light of god
turns satan into
superman
batman
football player

devil carries ball
for me
knocked
out of bounds

Antichrist woodcut, 1498

devil’s fish
in dream
devil’s christ
antichrist

devil costume
on halloween
priest gives me
five dollars
church gives
devil his due

called on carpet
in college
when telling truth
accuser burned
stoking fire

third false testis
three dangling
orbs form 666

lucky number
in rising china

the second coming

praise ye yeats
the second coming
is spot on

the falcon cannot
hear the falconer
no leash on my power

things fell apart
the centre party
could not hold
against hitler

the best lack all
conviction while
the proud boys
are full of passionate
intensity

a waste of desert sand
saddam hussein
lion body head of man
about him shadows
of american jets

my hour come round
i slouch toward
bethlehem
ready to be born

Images  Sunapee trout, public domain; Antichrist woodcut, 1498, Abrecht Dűrer, CC0 1.0, public domain