Samhain is coming

prose on the hidden workings unbeknownst to the prosaic day-to-day denizen. From the Shackleford Collection


By the dreaded hypocrites day
a new retaliation was met (better safe than sorry)
a new wound was let
bled, rifle fire and sinisteur exaggerateur
said, raven’s beak sounded rogues’ death

Transcontinental cables lead Mafioso messages
Founded in the back of Wall St. offices on Labor Day.
Remember the carrion’s flesh, the raven’s passage?
The benefit plan gives the dying cow last year’s hay,
A narrow victory for a funeral pyre wedding.