Revenge

Revenge

Red from tooth to claw,

The wraiths who stalk our dark side,

Demons sucking,

The wind from our sails,

Robbing Regal robes,

And deciding from their book

Who should live,

Who should die,

And who in front of ghouls should fry…

…The beast inside is rampant,

Capitulation terminal,

The death cell is empty,

And public chamber full

The licking of lips,

And gutter retribution,

Sinking as low as the clay and sod of Tyburn and Trebilnka,

A loathsome execution.

When will we learn to start learning?

And undermine our loathing,

And think for once,

What makes the timebomb tick,

And try to kill the germs of knee jerk reaction,

That render us so sick?

For sickness can’t fight sickness,

Yet onward we must fight,

Until we kill the grisly lie,

That two wrongs make a right.