01-20-2016, 12:56 PM
Hot Cement
Hot cement strikes young toes sharp
As we dance wildly in loose elastic
Swimming free, herds of hungry carp
My song is loud, your smile spastic
Corns of cob and melons balled
Fall deep in bellies, curled and compressed
A game of sandman, bodies sprawled
Against hot cement, your arms outstretched
Perched upon your youthful frame
I swallow hard and begin my chant
Beckoning the Sandman's name
Adults inside, witnesses scant
A wincing look across your face
Lips pursed tight, then shouting, pleading
Flailing arms and helpless cries
I shush your cries and adjust my seating
Still you squirm and beg relief
My palms press hard, esteemed content
Assuring you this will be brief
"Don't be a baby", it's merely hot cement.
With eyelids pinched and wrists restrained
I murmur through, reciting prayer
Deny relief as if ordained
Working undisturbed and free from error
Finally the act's complete
I topple off, a heap of bones
A smile concealed, I sense defeat
Yet you can't suppress your woeful moans
A thrashing carp, you flop to your chest
A casualty hangs in his final hour
A carpenter bee has been laid to rest
Sacrificed for those in power.
Hot cement strikes young toes sharp
As we dance wildly in loose elastic
Swimming free, herds of hungry carp
My song is loud, your smile spastic
Corns of cob and melons balled
Fall deep in bellies, curled and compressed
A game of sandman, bodies sprawled
Against hot cement, your arms outstretched
Perched upon your youthful frame
I swallow hard and begin my chant
Beckoning the Sandman's name
Adults inside, witnesses scant
A wincing look across your face
Lips pursed tight, then shouting, pleading
Flailing arms and helpless cries
I shush your cries and adjust my seating
Still you squirm and beg relief
My palms press hard, esteemed content
Assuring you this will be brief
"Don't be a baby", it's merely hot cement.
With eyelids pinched and wrists restrained
I murmur through, reciting prayer
Deny relief as if ordained
Working undisturbed and free from error
Finally the act's complete
I topple off, a heap of bones
A smile concealed, I sense defeat
Yet you can't suppress your woeful moans
A thrashing carp, you flop to your chest
A casualty hangs in his final hour
A carpenter bee has been laid to rest
Sacrificed for those in power.