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A Krampus Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house A presence of evil seeped in from without The stockings that hung by the chimney with care Would never be touched, in the morning still bare The children were restless while prey in their beds As visions of murder and death filled their heads And mama and I herbal tea in our cups Just settled down when the beast fell upon us

In through the window glass flew as it shattered Heavy black chains hit the floor with a clatter The body that followed was massively built Slow and deliberate his head at a tilt

Ivory white horns spiraled up towards the moon Fangs dripping wet to be sunk in flesh soon Obsidian eyes fixed us with a stare Claws sharp as daggers skin covered with hair

A basket of wicker and rod made of birch Each for the children deserving much worse Was slung on his back though forgotten for now Before us stood Krampus, from the waist he then bowed

No introduction we knew without asking Atonement for sins would be everlasting Horns freshly sharpened, a growl could be heard As Krampus charged forward his wrath we incurred

Cloven hooves drove until tips pierced the skin Impaling the woman again and again Punishment served I saw only a flash Claws tear at her throat blood fall with a splash

Unable to move, I was chained without knowing Krampus then turned to me teeth were all showing A long cherry tongue escaped from his lips Forked it shot out and struck like a whip

Tasting his dinner, Krampus tucked in with glee Savoring Papa ‘till the hour struck three Vapor trails followed from the bedroom he lit Gone before sunrise, no chance of remit

He made not a sound but went straight to his work Pulling the first boy from his bed with a jerk Head down in the basket feet dangling astray No mommy or daddy to come save the day

Onto the next one not a minute to spare St. Nick would be waiting with scowl and a glare Little Vanessa tucked tight under covers Ripped from the blankets thrown in with her brother

Krampus turned sideways and spat with disgust Misbehaved children to Hell is a must Back down the hallway out the window he leapt St. Nicholas watching eyed dawn as it crept

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle And away St. Nick flew like the down of a thistle “To home!” Krampus cried with bellowing thunder Sans reindeer sans sleigh just earth torn asunder

Dragging the heathens to his devilish pit Fire reflected and danced off the spit Sizzling fat still burned from the others As Krampus returned fresh meat for his supper

None heard him exclaim as screams filled the night air “Parent your children the rod do not spare Or come Christmas Eve when the sun sets below And darkness descends in a withering snow My basket I’ll shoulder with birch in my hand Frozen flakes flying I’ll scour the land Seeking the indolent insolent impudent youth Fosters who failed them, I’ll slaughter them too Bodies found rotting meat flayed from the bone Nothing but death when I visit your home So heed what I say show kindness to all If not Christmas day, your bloodline shall fall!”

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Jigsaw

Broken I’m untouchable

I’ll only leave you bloody

To you I’m fixable

If only I would let you

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I’ll be the Sadist

Masochist

Blood drops stain our lonely lips

Feed me fill me get inside

Your love cup runneth, mine is dry

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A toast then to the passing wind

That blows you from my arms

A shell I drained and now discard

Ready for the next one

I know it won’t be long

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Jagged shards pierce flesh as I fall

Away from everyone exposed

Even if you gathered all my pieces

I’d never make it home

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Life is pain and I’m alive

Without I don’t exist

Feelings plural turned singular

As I cover up my wrists

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Keep giving me your plastic smiles

That barely scratch the surface

Facades lost when I hear

Your first few uttered words

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Keep giving me your plastic smiles

That barely scratch the surface

Facades lost when I’m nowhere near

Invisible to hurt

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Keep giving me your plastic smiles

I see beneath the surface

Facades lost in the end

As I’m covered up with dirt

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Matter

Imagine an island so big you could live on it

Build a society so great the world thrives on it

Imagine a people cut off they ignore logic

Instead create truths out of socially hot topics

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Fill me in, where were you when the world began

Thousands of years shape the future

Rooted inside ancient cultures – Not Yours!

The question to ask answer after

Is why in the fuck do you even matter

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Like water on Earth reality stays

Constant unchanging despite what they say

Using psychosis in infinite ways

To justify content the media plays

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Take the knife from your mouth puppet cut a way out

The trap of perception creates within doubt

Only be lonely when Sandman’s about

Certainty hits and strips fictional routes

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Merrily we go, down into darkness

Light shining bright, the edge of your abyss

Uneven the scales, change be upon us

Total acceptance, escape ignorance

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Alone

See

Inside sits the child

Pieces of his puzzle scattered

A picture of his smile

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Everyday is a struggle to conquer

Reaching the end once again blurred lines begin

Pushing away even further

Buried alive open wide keep shoveling

Death is the ultimate comfort

Seeking reprieve from the need to feel at peace

Gathering storms are upon us

Reality bleeds within me when I release

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Crowded room echoes my fear

Disturbing spiderwebs unclear

If I’ll ever get to hear

Laughter ringing in my ears

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Silence then go catatonic

In my mind exists iconic

Shifting shapes fly supersonic

Sanity a mask symbolic

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Differences in us we hide

Alone with others see inside

Bodies while they still have life

Denial isn’t sacrifice

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Precious Metal

Hidden in my memories Dull, your luster lost its shine Fate or chance delivery With you I leave it all behind

[Chorus] Silver Spoon With you I can’t get higher Silver Spoon With you my life’s on fire Silver Spoon Blackened by desire Silver Spoon With you there’s no survivors

Together after time in years Neglect requires more than polish Soak the rag in salted tears Wipe the past and layer tarnish

Your beauty puts my eyes in focus Your skin reflects the lie As I set fire to us both The flame it purifies

Cupped in your hand’s life eternal A chance I take each time Loaded on the edge immortal Echoed words of “I’ll be fine”

Embrace me in your petals, rose Blanket thorns pierce flesh, I chose Each drop of blood brings death, so slow With you there’s nowhere left, let’s go

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Your Police State

Your life’s been reduced to a binary code

Publicly shared data freely exposed

To privately held corporate bodies who know:

 Your likes and dislikes and the places you’ve been

Your hopes and desires your feelings within

Your searching your lurking the deep dens of sin

You frequent when no one is watching yet then

Protests arise with a government spin

A police state they say the surveillance must end

While Bezos and Zuckerberg Pichai and Yiming

Laugh with Jack Dorsey each time you log in

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The Rock of Control

Crushing

The weight

Yet comforting

Its boundaries hold steadfast

Encasing turmoil

Solid

Layered and formed throughout the ages

Accepted yet rejected

As death is accepted

By those who would live

And life

What of life

Trapped

Fighting

Control

Struggling to break free

Dreaming of the unknown

Unseen

Whispered

Shouted

A wall to tear down

Oppression left dead in the streets

Berlin

Libya

And life will continue

For some

Still

Freedom remains homeless

Adrift

A ghost amongst us

A ghost within us

A slave to our minds

A slave to our hearts

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I miss my someone.

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There is no freedom in death, my hand be still

Unhappy in life to set to right, doth daily test my will

Forward then the hounds begin, baying for the kill

When I confront my broken heart, at least a hole will fill

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The Path

A ghost amongst the façade Weaving through life Pause: Directions – Erections, Rejections, Inspections Infections Pregnation Gestation, Incubation, Congratulations Annihilation Election Revulsion, Temptation, Extortion, Revolution Pollution Of a mind Play: Decisions internally twisting intentions Motivation unknown outside selfish ambition Confusion, Delusion, Intrusion Of Self Illusion Where am I Dead with no I to die Fruition Of thought in suspension When thought becomes pure self-addiction And ceases to be a distinction Completion

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The Park

Gluttony in the flesh Staring at your phone Six kids you brought yet all a bother Better here than home

Never heard a gentle “No” Only anger in your voice Behavior learned and echoed louder Courtesy a choice

Pride in self is now a right “Can’t tell me what to do” Rules to them do not apply Try and you will lose

So relax and take a load off Let your kids do what they want Yell and curse to get your way Our future they will haunt

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I am and will always be yours.

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Brother

You don’t see me

Blind though 20/20

Figure formed and changed before you

Aged unnaturally

My cry for help

As years pass away

Echo in my head

Your answers still remain

Self-lies and alibis

While I live my own destruction

Peace then when I’m dead

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End It

Sickened by the sinew ropes Pushing down and past my throat Claws of broken fingers grope And pull from deep inside me hope