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Memoirs of a Monk II - Sacred Witness (Free verse) by Don-Quixote
Break bread of broken tablet
then sprinkle dust from the timeworn trunk
into my last glass of wine.
Loud nothings won't drift
since my mouth is shut-
golden words lost its luster.
A heedless monk tends
to his morning hangover-
letting liquor drip from
the divine tap.
Meaning has become liquescent-
its secrets drain into the gutter.
Some still lead the occult worship,
their voices only whispers, a riddle
which no longer has an answer.
My companion has sacrificed
pages from the good book,
to roll our herbal medication-
cures the headache.
The whores mirror reflects nothing-
we were deluded into thinking we had a face-
used its broken glass to pluck
our non compos mentis eye
from its socket.
It exists now as an olive,
in my martini glass- grapes eaten
lambs blood depleted- we now toast
the miserable end of salvation, amen.
Have we become piteous punks?
No, just silent observers;
a witness to moments repeated.
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