. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Slaves in The New Garden of Eden

Monday, November 13, 2023

Slaves in The New Garden of Eden

(A lone voice whispers.)



 In my endless quests

Of Argentine Tango's


Until my inevitable death


Love to me

Was like a Língchí


A slow death of a thousand cuts 


A crimson picturesque 

Vibrant landscape

Of bleeding and drowning


In such emotional depths


With 

What Ifs and Buts


 Sadistically

Crucified mercilessly


 Like Vlad the Impaler's

Many foes 


On blood-stained crosses 

Of 

Who Knows


For true Desire is a fire

Of such unimaginable power


It pulls down

Our own innermost towers, 


Of morality 

And sense of worth


Like a juggernaut

Sent forth

From Sodom and Gomorrah


But as Ancient Books 

Say


Living with that chimera

That wild Pandora


Is the ultimate rush

For any soul


And Earth is the ultimate

Playground


Awashed with secret

Vices and crushes


Of all known

And unknown kinds


To blow anyone's mind


It's why in here

To our Arch Deacon


We all gather 


At the shimmering

Boundary edge


To pray nightly


To be returned

One day


To that strange 

But so exotic adrenaline filled

Garden of Eden


To once more

Stand naked


In any room


As love or desire 

In any form


Swallows

And consumes us

Whole


Like the mighty Basilisk


For that my dearest

Reader 


Is the only form of

Living you'll ever miss


When you lose control

And you too


 Close

Your eyes forever 


Like me

And countless others

In here


Kneeling

Beside me 


Praying like slaves to

A pagan God


And awake 

On the other side


Of living 

Cold kiss


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(C)

Copyright John Duffy

 


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