whilst wallowing in impotence
evangelize a precarious condition
whilst delineating a tryst
usher in the sham
whilst tempering flagrant hesitation
ensign the praised cynic-
the glorified mockery of love
godspeed to this obsequious,
honey-tongued dragon!
i- but a breath away from death
or a breath away from life?
the intrinsic proximity of these-
diametrically opposed
disperse the paltry and the pigeons
the vultures and the like-
whose to distinguish the prey
from the predators?
trawl the river by moonlight-
the bottom feeders,
catfish and glory,
consumed with haste.
april 2003