A
flame is extinguished
In
the still of night
Another
is ignited
And
with it comes clandestine sentences
Spoken
in a foreign tongue
This
cloaked closed circle
Watches
with wary eyes from afar
Spells
of protection
Incantations
only uttered
Behind
doors always closed
A
bat is caught mid-flight
And
kissed upon the mouth
Before
being released
Into
a blood red sky
Already
they know this unhallowed name
Head
bowed, I stand before the unseen jury
I
offer up this woodcut flesh
For
the final daughter
To
sink claws and teeth into
And
devour at her will
