without hazard

[vulture]

now comes the time
up rears the past
plunging its reptilian
triangular mazard

making a hole
making it gaping and wide

into the present now
this moment this time

tearing all to shreds
about it without hazard
leaving acrimony and despair
in its sulfurous wake

and giving me no choice
but to don my chain mail
sword and shield prepare
myself for yet another
battle I didn't ask for

[vulture]

~"The Force is Strong in This One"

This side walk is not a place
where you should rest your shadow
much less your cloven hooves

Move on. Move on. I tell
you this, as I know
you value your life

(and no one else's)

Here, where the sun
does shine your kind
smelling of sulfur

does not belong
does not belong

Patiently, I will slay you
with or without an army
and seek my penitence
with a smile
and a smooth brow

This side walk is not a place
where you should rest your shadow
much less your cloven hooves

Here, where the sun
does shine your kind
smelling of sulfur

does not belong
does not belong