Dangerous Words

Close your lips to darkness,

Do not spew forth your blindness to the air.

And let your fierce incisors:

Stand alert!

Razor,

White,

And Scared!

Hold each moment greatly,

Wait upon each second of the day.

Keep the panther’s time:

With every sinew,

Loaded,

For the spring!

Engage the flying demons.

Stop their wings from soaring from your tongue.

Seize the dragon’s flame,

Enfamished,

Cold,

And yearning for your lungs.

Sacrifice your fire,

Let it waste away within your cage,

Kiss the beast within you,

Awakened,

Loud,

And screaming for the stage.

Bind the virus tightly.

Stop the seeds from flowing to the breeze.

Keep the angel air:

Protected,

Pure,

And sterile from disease

John Grace

Class of ‘00