A Silent Benediction

Delivered by a Knight of Several Orders

A Silent Benediction 

As Nixon tests his MadMan theory

On a phantom planet

Their ecumenicalism is all for not

Baronial sailboats ride mahogany seas

A Silent Benediction

And the Clergy refrain from using the word ‘hellacious’

ondskan frogs, evil frogs, evolved in an intermediate period

lilacs, orchids, delivered by a Clever, Honest Man

ondskan elephants, evil elephants, a girl named Anne Elephant

lilacs, orchids, delivered by a Clever, Honest Man

the night eats the world

a windowless room

a room without windows

The rug is on fire

while the night eats the world