θάνατος ~ Friday, October 31, 2025

But not without vision, not without sight
left to my own devices, no guidance
instructions at the gate, I cannot read
no knowledge, before books, before the light
destroys my chance to overcome ethics

terminal as cancer, ask death to dance
obligations to metastasize, spread

theta as Thanatos, unlucky, black
hungry, empty, starving, dying, no tricks
endless spinning at the roulette table

red or black, the croupier spins the wheel
endlessly round and round, write a fable
passions fleeting, desire diminished, steal
emptiness from the gods, wolves in a pack
restless, devour ageless adolescence
creativity burns the candle wick
until both ends calculate to weigh smoke
so, to apologize, in my defense
sorry was never good enough, but kiss
ignorance on the mouth with a tongue flick
objects of my sorrow, why I must toke
nothing less than unholy divine weed
salvage memories from the house of bliss

objects of pure joy in the rubbish bin
foreign-born, no passport, no allegiance

allegedly, an anarchist, no sin
cause and effect, askance, a sideways glance
troubles follow after triumphs, indeed
introspection, contemplation, to dwell
on matters of the heart, the past long gone
nobody to forgive, forget, undone
suffer silence, crimson, this world is Hell

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