Waltz for Virgil

by Iman Houssein

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Look at them look at you

Watch the eyes roll and sign 3 past 6.

People are not one thing

They are made up of an incomplete many, heavy handed gestures of gratitude unveiled mise en scene guilt a plenty.

Do your best

This life is means tested, the means to which has no end reference sisyphus, not even a king can cheat death.

There are greater and lesser men

The greatest realise them

The loud ones roost to know end

Heard as shame to strangers and cries to friends

The lesser pluck like hens

The rest rely on them

And when they lay in parchment laid by him

They cry why me why now not yet.

We were not raised equal

Most raised by fools

Some raised by wolves

Few raised by books

Read was once the first words spoken.

The hunger artist

Laying upon the bed of Hermes

He wrote his greatest story never told

All the while, they gawk at the sight of the violence in the eyes of a tiger untamed

He is gone.

Appeal for a refuge in which to die

We seek warmth from strangers, solitude found in knowing they know nothing of our past, so they cling closer. They are like us.

Kiss with eyes open

Watch them settle into the now and fall into the future.

Catch them when they are sleeping

Grip them tightly by their throats, remind them that to breath is a blessing. Look them in there eyes, be sure they see you, be sure they learn to say goodbye with good intent when they see good people do good.

Malicious rivalry

Practice an intensity of reverence towards your rival, be sure they can destroy you.

The Machiavellian

Snakes in the grass do not seem to cut blades, they shape and mould a garden, walk you through a maze and direct you to a forever exit.

Life is a ruse

My friend?

Take my hand, I wont let you fall.

Enemies are friends forever so
Read people not books for
The hatred is mutual

And do not forget your sins

Hide

Bluff

Raise

Cry

Lie

Remember

I love you.

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released June 6, 2022

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