THE TORCH OF NIHILITY
The
skin of
the blackness breaks—
The catacombs burst into th' eyes
of the Liar & his lord, the Lie
Torch firmly in tow—
The wonders of underworlds await
freely offered; water trickles down
from the stalactites above
In a moment of weakness
craving the pineal fruit
Destiny flashes in the distant dark
and falls like firework saliva at the mouth
of the cave
Warm light bites into darkness
like the teeth of a man
through pink flesh—
SWEET AS HONEY
All-in-all
a bitter
pill to
fall
James Bradley