Monday, March 31, 2014

A Wailing Choir – v2

Three young sirens
all peeling in pain,
of their own making
set off by a punishment
an accounting for misbehavior
a price to pay for their testing
rebellion against authority

Seeing how far they can push.
And going beyond that point,
feeling the sting of consequence,
the judgment, the perk cancelled

Three members of the wailing choir
off key and inconsolable
crying into the night,
“unfair, not right”,
because the movie tonight
will be [empty]
without popcorn


edited March 31, 2014
a wailing choir – v2
November 3, 2006 21:03, edited 11/4/06 7:39
a wailing choir

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