Saturday, January 26, 2019

Flowers ~ Saturday, 26 January 2019

Lester flew into rage whenever he felt fear, 
ease up on the throttle, he flew off the handle 
sensing a cold shiver run down his back, how queer 

flecks of light put him off balance, like a candle 
left quietly alone attracts his attention, 
enter the underground, a hidden extension 
under a casino, where no one knows to go, 
removed from the blueprints, a place without shadow, 
silent and still, tunnels and chambers hide his prey, 

dug out and sealed above from below, a dank lair, 
unidentified space, whence nothing good or fair 

makes it back to daylight, everything cold and grey, 
allow Lester to have this domain, where girls weep, 

left alone for so long, they don't know when to sleep. 

Autumn leaves tumble, bleed green, yellow, orange, red 
under the canopy of stars, the firmament. 

Lester Mo reads tea leaves in a porcelain bowl, 
eccentric, slightly strange, syncopated beats thread 
concentric circles, arcs tyrannical, cold, cruel, 
timeless, hardboiled killer, loveless, bent card dealer 
endless blues riffs endure the obscure permanent 
ubiquity stardom offers the murdered soul, 
rickety bicycle thieves, in short sleeves, eat gruel.

Languish, besotted fools, drunk on lust, to feel her 
adolescent body in his hands, pedophile, 

stupidity rises as caution falls to dust, 
observe the young woman, Lester offers a smile, 
trembles before her hand reaches out for a drink, 
trusts his ability to distract and confuse, 
infatuation lasts a lifetime, turns to rust, 
stupefies the drunken, intoxicated twink, 
envy of her father makes him concoct a ruse. 

Lester the molester gets away with murder, 
errors wash from the walls, blood disappears in fire, 
revolting, criminal behavior in the dark, 
reeking urinal stalls, filthy toilets, ardor, 
entry into backdoor card games, behind locked doors, 
under an underground basement, hidden desire, 
revolves around backroom deals, matches strike a spark. 

Lester keeps her hidden in the bowels of the earth, 
even if the police search the whole place, the floors 

parquet, pristine, perfect, reveals no entryway, 
elegant casino, even the owner knows 
crumbs about the tunnels and chambers under gray 
hollow cement ceilings, sinister sex slave shows 
entertain pedophiles and defrocked priests, the birth 

lavatory of sin, stupidity, error, 
avarice, stinginess, the world without a soul, 

little does anyone know about anyone 
else, Lester thrives on this lack of knowledge, terror 
slithers through serpentine tunnel routes, enter gloom, 
in darkness, underage sex slaves emerge, a troll 
nicely watches over the young woman, no fun 
even for a fierce troll, Lester enters the room. 

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