I AM THE DEAD MAN'S KEEPER.
Posted: December 29th, 2010, 4:35 am
I am the dead man’s keeper,
His sepulchre of rusting bones.
Time like a major villain
Holds me to task for sipping days
And seeking seconds with an empty vase.
These are the dead man’s eyes.
These his fingers scratching earth.
I am the dead man’s reaper,
The Father Time of dying days.
Time like a loose-limbed woman
Holds me down for maggots flesh
And sings sad songs for dead men’s love.
His sepulchre of rusting bones.
Time like a major villain
Holds me to task for sipping days
And seeking seconds with an empty vase.
These are the dead man’s eyes.
These his fingers scratching earth.
I am the dead man’s reaper,
The Father Time of dying days.
Time like a loose-limbed woman
Holds me down for maggots flesh
And sings sad songs for dead men’s love.