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SACRIFICIAL GOATS
SACRIFICAL GOATS
Who can count the incongruities and the collaborators?
Water assists grinding wheels and fires assist stake burning;
Spectator-s affirmative nods assuage the gladiator's guilt.
We all have our proxies and are swayed by ignobility;
The advocate can hardly defend an innocent witch
When cannon law conspires to have her neck broken.
Our conscience is a rinse cycle with bloody linens worn
As vestments over the shrines of sepulchers, so that
Purity is ratified by our Kosher methods of killing.
We look into the eyes of the innocent before a throat is slit
Paying homage to the divine within but not its temple;
The money changers always deal in sacrificial goats
What will we do now that we don-t have Nixon to kick around?
Dr.King, another Capricorn sacrificial goat, was there for us
Less we forget, Jesus was a Capricorn: but we are forgiven
That which blooms is always plucked for adornment, yet
The serpent-s caul however adorned does not hide intent;
For, even Dr. Mengle had his own degree of impeccability.
Few, if any, turn from waving banners whatever the color
Many, if not all, turn and walk away from their mea culpa
Could we accomplish this feat without sacrificial goats?
