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puppet master

Jim Carson

the din unbearable
cacophony of voices driving a million needles into my brain
every nerve throbbing in chorus trapped in the herd of sweat
overbearing smells some sweetÉothers
ghostly march of the dead and dying
puppets on a string twisted by the hand of evil
guilty only of trying to fly
one purpose many faces
trading drops of life for precious inches gained
shuffling clutching twisted scraps of paper and photographs of the way
they used to look waiting
gaunt wretched hand -St Peter on a plastic stool
paws my offering and I reach the next torture
barefoot deprived of all possessions we wait
supplicants to the portal leading to the concourse beyond
some unlucky soul turned away silently screaming but no one listening
my turn at last trembling approach the machine slowly
through to freedom until the next time
but somewhere in the dark bowels of the earth the puppet master smiles
the fool faces east but his prayers fall on deaf ears
a special place in hell waits his time
small solace
but still I hate him

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