CATTLE CHUTE

launched into incarceration
the dealer plays the womb
a new beggar gestates

coalescence weaves the mortal wreath
then kicked awake
to the preachers wail
bending prophesy to fit the ear

plasticine matrix
the cast is set
innocent eyes, thick as wood
place first steps upon the range

sentence obscure

lockdown
under cultures taste
round round circles
wear mind thin, numb
with why?

Choiceless
laden limbs form
losses bemoaned
as flies hover

the appeal granted
deliverance bearing
fraught expectations of the last mile

pearly gates open
cattle chute appears
the dealer plays the womb