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
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
proud boys and
antifa 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
murdersville
little storping
in-the-swuff
for a price
town will hide
your murder
avenger mrs peel
caught spying
water torture
summons steed
little stick
in-the-womb
for a price
clinic will hide
your murder
murdersville
water torture
murder usa
waterboarding
antibaptism
cheney the
antibaptist
welcomes
antichrist
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
proud boys and
antifa 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
murdersville
little storping
in-the-swuff
for a price
town will hide
your murder
avenger mrs peel
caught spying
water torture
summons steed
little stick
in-the-womb
for a price
clinic will hide
your murder
murdersville
water torture
murder usa
waterboarding
antibaptism
cheney the
antibaptist
welcomes
antichrist
Salisbury Cathedral gargoyle
gargoyles
weeks of torment
by noisy neighbor
woke at five by
soft yellow light
high on wall
monster faces
one after another
one with glowing eyes
one a lion-man
gargoyles protecting
my cathedral
of sacred words
or demons purged
from my soul and
set loose on world
gargoyles disappear
neighbor disappears
Comments?
Images Sunapee trout, public domain; Antichrist woodcut, 1498, Abrecht Dűrer, CC0 1.0, public domain: Salisbury Cathedral gargoyle, Akoliasnikoff, CC BY-SA 4.0
gargoyles
weeks of torment
by noisy neighbor
woke at five by
soft yellow light
high on wall
monster faces
one after another
one with glowing eyes
one a lion-man
gargoyles protecting
my cathedral
of sacred words
or demons purged
from my soul and
set loose on world
gargoyles disappear
neighbor disappears
Comments?
Images Sunapee trout, public domain; Antichrist woodcut, 1498, Abrecht Dűrer, CC0 1.0, public domain: Salisbury Cathedral gargoyle, Akoliasnikoff, CC BY-SA 4.0
Robert S Urbanek grew up in Southern California and earned a BA in journalism from California State University, Long Beach, in 1973. He has more than two decades of experience as a writer and editor for community newspapers and medical and legal-related publications, which included several years each with the National Notary Association, The Doctors' Company and CCH Incorporated. Urbanek is the author of Tonya Harding Shot JFK: Impossible Things, Crazy Things.© Robert S Urbanek