Post by Sleeves on Jul 10, 2013 21:32:28 GMT
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AshesLittle Jack is an unhappy child
from an unhappy family.
Father’s wallet is as empty
as his heart,
and Mother tries to
hang herself from the rafters
every now and
then.
No one sees what little Jack sees.
No, their eyes just don’t work
like his.
He sees the future
in smoke,
in the dust of
ancient grimoires
and the ashes of
fallen empires.
Little Jack sees Grandmother’s death
in the bone-dry autumn breeze.
He tells her so.
Father scolds
while Mother and Grandmother
titter and tsk.
Three weeks later,
little Jack and his family watch
as the earth rises hungrily
to swallow
Grandmother’s coffin
whole.
from an unhappy family.
Father’s wallet is as empty
as his heart,
and Mother tries to
hang herself from the rafters
every now and
then.
No one sees what little Jack sees.
No, their eyes just don’t work
like his.
He sees the future
in smoke,
in the dust of
ancient grimoires
and the ashes of
fallen empires.
Little Jack sees Grandmother’s death
in the bone-dry autumn breeze.
He tells her so.
Father scolds
while Mother and Grandmother
titter and tsk.
Three weeks later,
little Jack and his family watch
as the earth rises hungrily
to swallow
Grandmother’s coffin
whole.
