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A Cacodemon's Sermon [Revised Edition] (Free verse) by Y2kSlamPoet
A man with the love of Jesus,
would see me dressed in these rags-
imparting loud maledicts against sheep,
and think me cursed with poverty.
My belt holds my fathers keen blade;
torn sleeves hide calloused hands,
that appear quickly to strike
the hapless fool who offends me.
A secret pocket holds a rusted pistol-
used only if I must. I haven't yet felt
the need to do so.
Bullets are appropriate
if my target is a lowly coward
that desires to engage me
in battle from afar.
They may be used if one
is witless and orders me
to walk a couple paces
then turn to pull a trigger.
I'd never disgrace myself
by standing before a cowards projectile.
Never will I be wretched
and use such tools of death.
My passion for murder
compels me to rush in close
to my prey, so that I might feel
their skin blush with dark colors.
A barbarians music is self made,
the sound crafted with skill,
so all can hear my victim scream.
Fists of combat must feel
bones shattering; a barbaric crusader
knows fairness is nonexistent.
These are but lesser tools in my collection
of consecrated items.
I have blood; life
that courses through my flesh.
Blood that might provide
the wine of love and hate,
for the youthful rogue spirit
that earns his intoxication
by slicing my throat and draining
my scarlet delta.
This nectar must be sipped slowly,
served fresh, quickly poured
into goblets so that lips
shall be warm; painted
to horrify those that abhor
this rare lipstick.
The true prize that I posses,
is the smiles of Nemesis,
my seductress.
She smiles, pleased each time
she hears the symphony of reverence
delivered by the mouths of transgressors
who do not obey the savage jurisprudence
of her blessed disciples.
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