Monday, August 17, 2009

Canto 12 The Circle of violence against others: Bestiality, Rape, Warmongering

Long climb down steep trail
Landslide, boulders, and ruins
The wreckage Christ made

The first violent zone
Bestiality and rape
The monster of Crete

It sees us. Virgil
Curses at the Minotaur
It goes wild with rage

We slip past unseen
Further down, a blood river
Boils, and froths, and screams

We're stopped by Centaurs
They draw their bows, a rape gang,
A hunting party

Virgil calls Chiron,
Explains our mission and asks
Safe passage across

The river of blood.
We ride the centaur Nissus
Past the Violent Damned

Bush, Cheney, Hitler
Alexander and Pol-Pot
All submerged in blood

As we reach the ford
I recognise many souls
From my life on earth

On the other side
We are left by the centaur
And move on, alone.

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