The Day of Reckoning

Never did the wind howl louder than on the day of reckoning.

Tall men came out of pockets of gentle ladies.

Unsuspecting widowers saw their wives rise from their graves.

Moons fell from the sun’s rays.

The world

seemed

to

slant.

It was the day of reckoning.

All the little people ran around in wonder

when they would see their gods fall from the sky?

Maybe they would all ascend.

Nobody really knew.

“…but sometimes it’s just roses dying too young” (1)

Men out of old wives’ tales find their lovers

to keep their beds in splendid array of naked body.

And women wondered where the heart of the universe resided.

History stopped

and time

ceased

to

record

anything

but

breaths marking

lives

on hold.

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1.) Song-“Revelation Blues” by The Tallest Man on Earth