The Devil and Poeticus-Wednesday 10/4/2006

The devil lives in mustard spots

ink blots

tic click clock tocks.

helicopter slow-motion time delay

static belay.

blind destiny

inhumanity

is evil as evil was evil,

redemption like a buzz saw

stray cat screetch scratch claw.

the round a bout.

secrets out.
The devil lives in men

in their eyes

shorn finger nails

Rubella breath

tubular glances

mating dances

fallout doubt

squeeze and shout.

The devil is in every man

who is not like me.

small, while I am large.

quiet, while I am loud.

opportunistic, while I am honor bound.

dark, while I am light.

common, while I am peculiar.

clad in timely regular garb,

looking like an asshole

brims reversed.

well rehearsed.

While I in twisted mannerism am

clad as circus sideshow Errol Flynn

urban commando

a monkey's uncle

anachronism disheveled.

The devil,

he is you. the way you walk.

ostrich feathers.

burnt up anus

concrete tunnel laughter

faster disaster.

I don't dig it,

golden and alone

in the shining city.

devils burning in broken worlds.

Outside of time.