Saturday, April 5, 2008

Proficient

To one who knows Keys

his is a Masterwork

of Leafsprings interlaced

with Haughty Iron Heads.

His Key Ring Some Hundred Thick

to each he gives a name

This one (He whispers) Will be called Jezebel

Around the 1920’s it Became the custom

to Lock Ones Coffin in order to Thwart

Greedy grave robbers the spoils of your Corpse

A Skeleton Key Unfamiliar to the Grounds

Enters the cave as Some Blind Wanderer

Thirsty for drink, Soon Stalagmites

meet stalactites with a Batmash Lockjaw

Shutters the cave closed Forever trapping

the Locksmith In side, the Key master is

Superfluous to the Secret of his Lonelywork

Ironed into her Casket forever,

forever.

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