---

death in the form

of an endless,

vivid present.

futility yawns wide before my eyes.

these blistered hands

in sacrifice

bend toward the sun

forever.

with a prayer

unheard.

an offering

left to rot

as the sweet decay

still drips

from the teeth of god.

this path of totality

describes an arc

descending

into the source

of every desire

and it's misery.