BODYSNATCHER TRIUMPHANT
Damien Wong
AND I WILL NOT BE CENSORED BY THE BREVITY OF WEAKER MINDS
NOR WILL I BE BARTERED BY A COWARDS INHIBITION
WE WILL NOT CRAWL ON BLOODY KNUCKLES FOR THE FAVOR OF FOOLS
OR THE FOLLY OF MAN
THIS BLOOD IS BUT MY OWN
AND BY THE BOX WITH WHICH THEY KEPT ME
I HAVE SHED IT FOR MY FREEDOM
IF THEY SHOULD LONG TO LICK THE BONE
THAT TAINTED TONGUE WITH WHICH THEY LIE
WILL TASTE BUT SPLINTERS OF THAT COFFIN ONCE CALLED “HOME”
LEST ITS TRUER NAME BE “FEAR”
TAKE HEART MY LOVE, HAVE COURAGE MY DEAR;
WHILE THE MASSES MASQUERADE
IN MAKESHIFT MIRRORS MADE FROM FALLEN STARS