carrying him back to dappled wood buried
in repeated dreams: a brushed ritual
circle hasty ringed by displaced logs, bark bit
by lichens; their sacrilege tools — hammer's
rotted-wood grip, nails with rusty shafts — littered
about a stump-altar where brothers met,
made not-so-secret sacrifice, to abash
their god; still suffering toad, random
picked to endure this mock passion play ending
on cross-tied twigs. Its yet resurrected
eyes stare at him, ask simple but damning "why?"
No Samaritan, good or bad, among
pretend Romans, ever stayed their hands to help.
— Francis Scudellari
This is my second poem (finally) written in response to Read Write Prompt #91 at Read Write Poem.
4 comments:
Myserious , Francis. Am I a toad? But I like it.
@Jena I think we're all the toad :)
I adore this!
I didn't realize it was for the rwp prompt until I reached the end. such strong, vivid images--the flashback to the memory that haunts him is flawless.
I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to read -- I've been missing some beautiful work!! ;)
Thanks Angie. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. I put off finishing it for quite some time. Better late than never :)
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