tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post8847039029162113138..comments2023-06-21T03:53:34.573-05:00Comments on Red Morning Press: Call for SubmissionsRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-83140737149344110332009-06-29T11:31:52.713-05:002009-06-29T11:31:52.713-05:00SHILOH
By Tim Shey
Brutal deathdance;
My eyes we...SHILOH<br />By Tim Shey<br /> <br />Brutal deathdance;<br />My eyes weep blood.<br />Pharisees smile like vipers,<br />They laugh and mock their venom:<br />Blind snakes leading<br />The deaf and dumb multitude.<br /> <br />Where are my friends?<br />The landscape is dry and desolate.<br />They have stretched my shredded body<br />On this humiliating tree.<br /> <br />The hands that healed<br />And the feet that brought good news<br />They have pierced <br />With their fierce hatred.<br /> <br />The man-made whip<br />That opened up my back<br />Preaches from a proper pulpit.<br />They sit in comfort:<br />That vacant-eyed congregation.<br />The respected, demon-possessed reverend<br />Forks his tongue<br />Scratching itchy ears<br />While Cain bludgeons <br />Abel into silence.<br /> <br />My flesh in tattered pieces<br />Clots red and cold and sticks<br />To the rough-hewn timber<br />That props up my limp, vertical carcase<br />Between heaven and earth.<br />My life drips and puddles<br />Below my feet,<br />As I gaze down dizzily<br />On merciless eyes and dagger teeth.<br /> <br />The chapter-and-versed wolves<br />Jeer and taunt me.<br />Their sheepwool clothing<br />Is stained black with the furious violence<br />Of their heart of stone.<br />They worship me in lip service,<br />But I confess,<br />I never knew them<br />(Though they are my creation).<br /> <br />My tongue tastes like ashes:<br />It sticks to the roof of my mouth.<br />I am so thirsty.<br />This famine is too much for me.<br />The bulls of Bashan have bled me white.<br />Papa, into your hands<br />I commend my Spirit.<br /> <br />Ethos<br />February/March 1997<br />Iowa State University<br /> <br />Genesis 49: 10: "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."<br /> <br />www.wallsofjericho.50megs.comTim Sheyhttp://www.wallsofjericho.50megs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-24968707568285697142009-06-25T12:32:40.884-05:002009-06-25T12:32:40.884-05:00To Chris Perkowski:
Your dad (Dan Perkowski) gave...To Chris Perkowski:<br /><br />Your dad (Dan Perkowski) gave me a ride from just north of Minden to Carson City, Nevada last night. We had a real good talk. I have been hitchhiking all over the United States for most of the past thirteen years. I had a book published in December 2008: "High Plains Drifter: A Hitchhiking Journey Across America." I also had a short story and two poems published by ETHOS Magazine(they are on my website).<br /><br />www.wallsofjericho.50megs.comTim Sheyhttp://www.wallsofjericho.50megs.comnoreply@blogger.com