Tie that soft ribbon
around your wrist.
It will serve
just as well
as ball and chain.
Hang that old sheepskin
on the wall.
Dig a hole in the sand
to bury your head.
Claim conscience
as you commit the crime.
Assign victims
with their wounds and repartee.
Eschew the virtues
of calloused hands
and apron strings fraying,
for the more prominent
vampires of our nature.
Set as such
in mountains of prestige.
Amongst the colonnades
of old-world favor.
Not realizing
that the old world
lives by drinking blood
and yours
is as fresh as it comes.
DJR – 2022
