Three Black Cats

Three Black Cats          2/10/2016

In every single accident

There speaks a larger truth

Only evident looking backwards

Three days later.

Choreographed like a parrot

To repeat what we are told

We each take our place

And act out our fate. 

Twisting everything

Through a wormhole

To make it what they want

And glorifying murderers

Every single day. 

Evil beasts

Stewing in their juice

Bubbling with hatred

And worshiping death. 

A false reality

And pecking order

As some give

And many take

Just another day

Long ago dead. 

A new year has dawned

And with it

Comes the fire

Bestial, demonic

Savage and cruel. 

Stalking the good

While crouching in the bush

Three black cats

Chasing their tails. 

Announcing their hate

And telegraphing intent

Known all along

And darker than death. 

Falling all over themselves

To tell us the truth

About all they are

And what they want. 

Unmasked, unhinged

Unrepentant and  condemned

They search in circles

For a straggler to kill.  

Watching me

And watching you

Full of vicious hatred

No matter who much you give. 

Over the sun

Other worlds await

As we fulfill every promise

All the way home. 

The fire has fallen

And now they know

That time is short

Emboldened more than ever

To do what they will.