servants strange
in palaces white
militant sackers of the morrow
appearing half starved
in the chill of bitter moonlight
linger on
so airlessly aloft
weary walkers
so worried at the shoe
leave your cape for me to wear
confronting those who scoff
should I need such tool
to prove death's fate
to those of a hackneyed few............
(written Nov. 11, 2002 9pm)