Ritual

[Kerbonzo_beenz]

Coiling ribbons
boisterous gibbons
torches flail by moonlight
ritual of the night

Dancing mirages oscillate over the bonfire
Towering behind them;
Stilted men,
aflame--
howling.

The ground is a beeting heart;
incisors sink into its pulp
to unearth the juicy veal
of the world.