MOCKING BIRD

MOCKING BIRD

Some would find madness in the curl of the scribe 

Some would find sadness in death. 

But the mocking bird girl permits her song to be heard 

By the man who would take her last breath. 

The words to be reasoned 

The tune to be tried 

The love fan meticulously cooked from inside 

How many needs to be witnessed 

By the bird who lives on the mule 

How many dancers and rangers 

To fawn at the foot of the fool? 

More lives than a nuclear train crash 

More shoes than a Private hotel 

More titles most worthily ravished 

By the sight of the mocking birds tail.

CV's

Everything comes to a standstill
As I join the queue
A pawn in the big game

I deliver my papers
My essential details
and What I do with my time
Is no longer my concern
it's no longer my responsibility
I signed it away along with the time
I took to understand how to join.

CORVUS

Oh I hate to be a scapegoat It makes me feel quite ill Of all the gifts I could receive They dump upon me still It is my role to cut the slack To be who they deride I swallow hard and knock it back Cos faith is on my side. Of all the gem investments That could have cropped the prize They overlook and undermine with a view to capitalize They look to God and Say their prayers And sit at home all smug But when it comes to all souls day They find I have the plug. My Father whispered in my ear “Go to the church and pray That I may be released of coil And travel on my way” His brother, holder of the seal Victim turned oppressor Passes all the richest debts onto his poor successor