The River! The River!

Young woman in old clothes,
looking far past her age,
sits nervously prattling to herself -
at a square presed-wood table,
imbrued by dark ink,
engraved in chicken scratch
obscene, tho', barely legible,
within the wood-grooved
whose splinters obscure -
a clean, clear view.

Then, of course there were,
the hand-happy wood slammers
purging their confetti
of manic emotions
within the un-holy confinds
of a stenched, human bandbox,
quite mundungus and fullsome, in kind.

She has witnessed insideous horror,

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poem by Frank James Ryan Jr.
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The Lucifer Effect...{Apocalypse de Abaddon}

____________ I ____________
______A S P E R S I O N S_______

I won't die, will not condone mortality;
I stand opposed; defiant to Life's reality;
I guffaw at Times' ever-circling hands,
Moving faster than a wind-swept desert sand.

How do You giveth out....yet, then You take away
This gift of Yours thats wrapped in years and day's
Free Will, You preached, but no guarantees;
Even clocks come with lifetime warranties!

_____________ I I ______________
_____F A L S E *A C C O L A D E S______

You reign with powers lauded 'All Supreme',
Controling land and skspace, the seven sea's.
Certainly a King, so wise and kind as 'Ye
Could spare a moment of His time for thee.

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poem by Frank James Ryan Jr.
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