114. And They Knew

by Melba Scott (a.k.a. Epiphany) - Riverside, California

It is a wind that blows no one some good...
but conniving treachery - the illest wind by far

...AND THEY ALL KNEW KATRINA WAS COMING
THE POOR, BLACK AND DISPOSSESSED
WOULD BE THERE WHEN SHE ARRIVED
FOR THEY HAD BEEN ABANDONED
LEFT TO FEND FOR SELF
OR DIE

“Papa Legba, ouvrier barriere por moi passer”

OOOH SHE WAS A VERY ILL WIND THAT HAD FINALLY
BLOWN IN
HARBINGER OF SEVERE MOURNING

WHAT FOUL THEOCRACY IS THIS?

DESTROYER ABOLISHING ALL MANNER OF THINGS
ALL SUBSTANCE AND LOVED ONES
ALL SECRETS AND DREAMS
FAMILIES SCATTERED BY THE BREATH
OF MEPHISTOPHLIAN SCHEMES

FROM PANDORA’S BOX OF EVILS
KATRINA LOOSED FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
JUST HOW SELF-POSSESSED AND RUTHLESS
THOSE IN POWER WOULD PROVE TO BE
THEY HIRED BLACK WATER MERCENARIES
TO KILL PEOPLE IN ABJECT NEED
WHERE IS THE GOD IN THIS AMERICA?!!
HUMANITARIAN??
DEMOCRACY??

KATRINA
LEFT IN A HUFF
SEARCHIN’ FOR THOSE
WHO HAD CONJURED HER UP

...AND THEY ALL KNEW SHE WAS COMING

AND THEY -
THE RICH WHILE MASKING THEIR SNEERS -
MADE SURE SHE WAS GONE BEFORE THEY REAPPEARED
DRESSED UP FOR THE CAMERAS IN THEIR FINEST GEAR
TO ADD TO THE CHAOS
MORE CONFUSION AND FEAR

AND THEY STOOD THERE
BOLDLY PERPETRATING A FRAUD
BEFORE THE SERPENT, AND THE RAINBOW
AND YES BEFORE GOD

THE RISING TIDE OF HUBRIS
BREACHED THE LEVEE WITH A ROAR
FLOODING THE CITY WITH WATER UNHOLY
TO MAKE PUTRED THE VESSEL FOR
THE PINK-CHEEKED PAINTED DEBUTANTE
WITH THE LICKING BLUE-BLACK TONGUE
ON THE COAT TAILS OF AN ILL-WIND
“SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES”

VEILED DISTORTIONS PARTED
SHE IS HIDDEN NO MORE
BLUE-BLOODED AMERICA
NAKED GLUTTONOUS WHORE

STARVING FOR BREAD SHE CANNOT DIGEST
AND THIRSTING FOR THE WINE SHE WILL NEVER INGEST
THE TRUE NATURE OF HER SPIRIT
IS AT LAST MANIFEST

AND RITA IS ON THE
HORIZON


Hellicane category: 4-POLITICAL