LAST SUPPER

 

The Deluge

of "democracy" rides

the tidal crest

of tragic death

in the desert ocean of blood

that is Iraq.

 

Poor children,

Middle Eastern and Western,

mere ammunition,

 

the host of unholy communion

transubstantiated on the dais

of a macabre medieval banquet

where gluttonous ghouls

of the Oligarch feast

on endangered species basted

with petroleum sauvignon

in humanity's last oubliette

 

sauced with truffles of lust

for conspicuous consumption

and the cruel caviar

of pre-emptive destruction

of the natural gifts given

through the grace and creation of God.

 

Satan, salivating,

urges "bon appetit"

'midst the inferno exploding

as he offers up servings

of pipeline flambe

in the seared, blackened

wellheads of hell.

Vi Ransel's works have appeared both in print and online. She conducts poetry workshops and gives readings in Central New York. Her political works appear at Thomas Paine's Corner and Op Ed News, both online.

Dance to Death, Issue IX

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