NICE

NICE

better buckle up
sent down

a torrent of sarcasm
if rain can
be acid

the satire here
was molten invective

everyone expecting manna
sugar candy mountain
Wonka factory nice

but what
was happening in that dark
snuff film tunnel?

arms  better be
            sheathed because
if at
  all upraised in

diabolical salute
so vicious
    this tirade seem

bound
to get burnt off

SAINTS

SAINTS

I lie at peace

and I lie
barefaced

exaggerate everything
make stuff up
the devil in me
determined to
at least
a bit different, sow
doubt, make interesting

for they are saints
you know and pledged
to servepredictable the truth

(and so cliched) we
hear and hear
and hear

again and again and
again from
heavenly them.