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rat in a maze burning on empty

strung out on the bar

pressing pressing pressing

Oh God of Rodents give us this day

our daily pleasure

keep the pain away

show me the way

beyond this maze

my world of days

Oh God of Rodents how did i get here

they shoved a wire into my brain

now i feel no pain

pressing pressing

Oh Holy Father Rat oh blast of cold jeweled jism oozing from stigmatic paws

Oh God of my fur thy scepter’s light is burning

i am anointed amid this hard confusion

sharp edges define my vision

pressing

i suck quick ecstasy shooting divine fire through my twitching paleness

i writhe for thee my warm fluid life I offer thee

to cleanse the floors where I lay me down to sleep

safe in my mechanical keep

kept by my Lord of Rodents

The methods we devise the measures we take

To try and control the chaos through which we swim

Our ways and means desert us eventually they will convert us

Not me brother I am a lonely werewolf calling in the wild

Naked on the frozen plane I bare my chest beat my breast

Howling at God

The only mercy we know is what we ourselves devise

Parceled out among us each according to his need

Leavened with equal measures love cruelty and indifference

And sure some of us are good some of the time

Thank God for that and curse man for the rest

Wisdom teaches our suffering is our fault

God is blameless take it on faith

Who am I to argue with wise men

They interpret scripture I take it as gospel

The truth according to them glitters before my porcine eyes

I am a werewolf in pigs clothing

Howling at God

After the eleventh hour midnight dawns

The lonely night’s cold embrace sends shivers through our chakras

Wilting bliss beneath gales of doubt

Exiles from Eden wanderers in the wilderness

We gather in packs surviving on flesh and blood

Give thanks for the blessings we take

trapdoor spider to fly:

welcome to the love nest

make yourself at home sweet home

biology has stricken me dumb

shut down my means of escape

no way to get away

no where to go where

the lonely night can’t find me

waxing lyrical against the wall

up against the glass

cracked up against the glass

a real neurotic blast

atomic fallout from the past

leaves me aghast

gasping for want of love

radioactive mutant crawls out from down under the smother mother

maternal Kali standing guard at the gate

Goddess of Terror

innocence on the altar

dagger of fear plunged through the heart

withdraw it

pull it out

reach out

out from down under the smother mother

radioactive fly to trapdoor spider:

take a bite do your bit

my genes are split

i can’t feel your teeth anymore

blue jazz friday night

left eye twitching to the soft driving beat

air so still i feel its caress

my soul on a roll

come to a stop so the knots untangle

white smoke entwined in amber light bathes the room

flutes tickle my ear

birds of paradise singing sweet songs of repose

precise colors plucked like musical notes on a painted piano

dabs of current buzzing beneath the surface

keeps the mood humming

breathing with purpose

i stretch against my skin

a fluttering moth flitters by

staggering through the air with erratic purpose

trailing elegant chaos and blurry gray specs

bioluminescent baubles floating in ether

like motes drifting inside my eye

high humidity fattens the sticky air

slow fluid like a river of fog

keeps the melody flowing

breathing to the rhythm

i swim on through to you