Poisoning Innocence

The process of dying is initiated at the first loss of innocence


in sordid youth
we sometimes sought
a small alchemic communion wafer
that would burn unnoticed
upon our pink tongues
until Blake's energy captain
would come knocking
and perception would court deception

we would ride in cars
reading the thrum of the engine
through phantasmagoric thoughts
down red dirt roads
away from the throng of city

my eyes marveled at dancing demons
that flickered across
my retina like halting 16mm
and my mind tried to make meaning
of light and shadow
through the distraction of dimentia

Warning: Poison 

                  when one takes this communion
                  they breath into dying lungs
                  the taste of defeat and awe
                  and the windows to the soul
                  register madness
                  from which some may never return